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22 – Sam Harris & Herbet Marcuse

Posted on November 28, 2022 by observationblogger — Leave a comment

Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Bret and Heather 151st DarkHorse Podcast LivestreamVideo podcast at Brett Weinstein I wrote the following in response to the discussion at the commencement of…

24/5 – 30/5/21 The Hit, Dylan Story, Ivermectin Study & Sam Harris’ audience

Posted on May 31, 2021 by observationblogger — 10 Comments

Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. The Most Important Hit in Baseball History – Baseball Bits Video presentation at Foolish Baseball I have presented videos before from this fantastic baseball…

Tagged with: baseball, Bob Dylan, Ivermectin, sam Harris
Posted in Health, Music, News, politics, Science, Sport and Adventure

Day 6 Quarantine in Bogotá (Managing our Emotions and Aeterna)

Posted on March 25, 2020 by observationblogger — 32 Comments

*Catching some rays leaning out from my window sill this morning in Bogotá Managing Our Emotions (Peter Attia MD): ‘Just on a personal level, I could use your help and a lot of other people can as well. Our minds…

Tagged with: Aeterna, Bogota, Coronavirus, Peter attia, Quarantine, sam Harris
Posted in Health, Music, News, Reflections

Why Isn’t the Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) Finding Much Traction?

Posted on February 1, 2019 by observationblogger — Leave a comment

For information about what and whom consist of the IDW, visit this web site. I was reflecting on Eric Weinstein’s discussion above about the IDW on Rebel Wisdom. His suicide bomber analogy at the ‘diversity’ dinner was a real stand…

Tagged with: Eric Weinstein, Intellectual Dark Web, Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson, reddit, sam Harris
Posted in politics

What Happened to the Political Left and Why I Bailed Out

Posted on December 23, 2018 by observationblogger — 17 Comments

I have been maintaining and updating this blog space for over 4 years and until very recently I have been reluctant to voice my opinion and publish articles steeped in political debate, bias and rhetoric. My reluctance to enter into…

Ezra Klein, a Rational or Irrational Lefty?

Posted on December 21, 2018 by observationblogger — Leave a comment

I have been repeatedly queried as to why I stated that Ezra Klein would be moderate to far left on the political spectrum. So I have drafted this reply to the countless people on Reddit who asked me to explain.…

From Cells to Cities Part 2 – Life Span (Geoffrey West)

Posted on December 19, 2018 by observationblogger — Leave a comment

Waking Up with Sam Harris #86 – From Cells to Cities (with Geoffrey West) In From Cells to Cities Part 1 Geoffrey West discussed Biological Scaling and therein the nature of scaling, the phenomenon of space-filling and fractals. Part 1…

What is True? The Most Provocative yet Necessary Philosophical Debate of our Time?

Posted on December 14, 2018 by observationblogger — Leave a comment

Waking Up With Sam Harris #62 – What is True? (with Jordan B. Peterson) (The debate starts at 25.00 in the above link) For me at least, it required multiple listens. More listens than what I might ordinarily feel comfortable.…

Tagged with: Debate, Intellectual, Jordan Peterson, Philosophy, sam Harris, What is True?
Posted in Reflections, Science

Two Astronomers Discuss Alien Lifeforms, Science Fiction Movies and Astrophysics

Posted on April 6, 2017 by observationblogger — Leave a comment

From the end of the much acclaimed 1997 Sci Fi Thriller ‘Contact’: ‘You are not real, none of this real….. You are an interesting species…In all our searching all we found is each other.’ If you are a Sci Fi…

Keep On Sleeping With Ham Sarris #1 – Against Empathy (With Plaul Boom)

Posted on April 6, 2017 by observationblogger — Leave a comment

I am a big fan of Ham Sarris’ podcasts and this one in particular really got me thinking: If you are after more insightful podcasts by Ham, tune into the follow up podcast with Peter Jordanson: Related Articles: 1. What…

Tagged with: Ham Sarris, Jordan Peterson, Keep On Sleeping, Paul Bloom, Peter Jordanson, Plaul Boom, podcasts, sam Harris, Waking Up Podcast
Posted in Movies and TV