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Tuesday, 3 November 2020

The US election in Venn diagrams

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Today is election day in the US. At times, it seems to dominate the news media more so than the UK election did! I thought it would be fun t...
Saturday, 24 October 2020

Essential shopping and the sorites problem

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This week, as part of its "firebreak" lockdown, Wales announced that supermarkets will no longer be allowed to sell non-essential ...
Thursday, 13 August 2020

Will people of the future tear down our statues?

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Black Lives Matter protesters tear down statue of slave owner Edward Colston I've written elsewhere about  why we shouldn't airbrush...
Sunday, 3 May 2020

Lives versus livelihoods

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Picture the scene... you're standing on the edge of a precipice. There's been an accident, and someone is hanging off the edge, bare...
Saturday, 2 May 2020

How inductive reasoning failed me with coronavirus

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In February, I began writing a blog post saying that coronavirus would turn out to be a storm in a teacup, and although a few people would d...
Thursday, 26 March 2020

Panic-buying, toilet paper, and selfishness

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Today is an historic day. The 26th of March 2020 is a day I shall always remember. I have, after much searching, managed to buy some toilet ...
Friday, 6 March 2020

Aphantasia - I never realised I think differently from everyone else

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Imagine a beach. Can you see the sand and the waves? I can't. This week I discovered that I have something known as aphantasia . This is...