Aidan WardinGentlySeriousNature’s wayBio-mimicry is our guide. If we think we can do a thing better than nature does it, we will find to our cost that we are mistaken. If we…1d ago11d ago1
Aidan WardinGentlySeriousDo you believe your own senses?In 1984 George Orwell said the ultimate aim of the Party is that you don’t believe your own eyes and ears. When this occurs, and it does…Apr 161Apr 161
Aidan WardinGentlySeriousThe cheese of lifeHenri Bortoft tells us not to seek to understand the milk via the cheese. But the cheese can take us on a most edifying journey. The…Nov 8, 2023Nov 8, 2023
Aidan WardinGentlySeriousWhen the hinterland bites backSuppose I have reason not to trust doctors, and general practitioners (GPs) in particular. Not a particular doctor, though that will always…Oct 6, 2023Oct 6, 2023
Aidan WardinGentlySeriousA tale of flunked science and the pre-eminent importance of ruminantsWhen US scientists were challenged by the then president to study and report on climate change, they chose to study carbon dioxide…Jun 5, 2023Jun 5, 2023
Aidan WardSystemic poisonThere is a high profile legal case in the US between Dominion, who make voting systems, and Fox News. The latter reported that Dominion…Mar 23, 20231Mar 23, 20231
Aidan WardinGentlySeriousAuthentic listening to real individualsI was once staying in a friend’s house in France, on holiday. My carefully chosen reading was World Turned Inside Out by Tom Cheetham. Also…Feb 20, 2023Feb 20, 2023
Aidan WardinGentlySeriousReasons and excuses in planet-wreckingMost economic arguments are simply excuses for doing something inexcusable. They attempt to erect some necessity to justify damage and…Jan 23, 2023Jan 23, 2023
Aidan WardinGentlySeriousThe Brexit stultification effectIt has become a commonplace that we cannot have a working political process until people are able to say that Brexit was a stupid idea that…Dec 15, 2022Dec 15, 2022