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I will write articles about topics from time to time. These are in RTF or PDF formats.

Why are some ideas so upsetting to people RTF

Suicide Rates RTF

Rational Decision Making R TF

Human Interaction Analysis – Foundation (work in progress) RTF

Humanism Issue – Nation Law – Exceptions – Religion RTF

Article – Feminism Philosophers RTF

Groups RTF

Humanist Frame PDF

One Thing I Know With Absolute Certainty Is Absolute Certainty Does Not Exist PDF

Racism and other Groupthink PDF

Observe – The Fool and the Expert PDF

Debates – Human Difficulties PDF

One Thing I Know PDF

Marriage assets – Analysis of John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor PDF

Corruption – Measurement and Implementation PDF

Corruption – Extremists. PDF

Here I explore corruption over time periods and look at feedback loops. I create 2 major new models – the Focus model for debates and the Positioning Model for understanding human interactions. The article is here as a PDF. The Diagrams from Powerpoint are here as a PDF. The Excel spreadsheet of all human interactions is here as an Excel workbook.

Pattern Worship Choice God. PDF

Here I examine the highest level patterns and try to link everything I have done so for into one tightly bound model. It is still coherent and has a wide coverage from simple to complex.

Humanist Information Taxonomy PDF – I explore a 3 concept classification system – a move up from a 1 (single self focused), 2 (Binary – extremism) to a 3 level model which sits nicely with the 4 box model (Hypothesis testing) within a 5 universe bound (Euler walks).

Relativity PDF – I explore the notion of the insanity of saying everything is the same and equal but special and different – The current “isms” idiotologies of not understanding relative differences. PDF

Questioning Numbers PDF

I discovered a number line to cover all numbers

Evaluating Humanity PDF

A model for assessing human works. An exploration of the numbers from 1 to 5.

Binary Groupthink PDF – Binary thinking, virtue, mobs, examples and ways forward – ideas from old songs, stories and men.

Beyond Eichmann beyond the fringe behind the fridge PDF – I re-imagine the Characters of Pete and Dud taking on some issues currently facing humanity – A comedy sketch with references.

Corruption – Binary Thinking – Prove You are Not A Criminal PDF – A quick investigation into a standard technique of abuse by question and trial by media – very common in binary thinkers and idiots.

Optimizing Between Extreme Distributions – Social Justice PDF

a look at Benford series and Central Limit Theorem and exploration of extremist idiotologies needing to have certain social justice outcomes. Questions and more questions – with some exploration.

Women Lawyers – Corruption – Feminism – Debate PDF

in this I use an open letter by female lawyers to explore debate and arguments using all my models. Using frame and models helps make some assessment of the quality and type of the argument and discover biases and questions which can then be explored to discover why people are so biased and corrupt.

Equality – Diversity – Measurement – Notice PDF

– I look at the basics of noticing things and the average as displayed in central limit theorem. How and why do we notice things? Feminists but also other extremists fall for this trap so often – what is it that they have trouble seeing and understanding? I explore the Mandelbrot set – I get an explorer to go on expeditions.

Integer – Ratio – Power Law – Chaos PDF – I evaluate all math problems and models I can find using Archimedes and Golden Ratio as a guide to resolve infinity problems.

Pell Equation PDF – I examine the equation to see it as Pythagoras – which leads to new insights.

Binary Groupthink – Overcoming – I extract some information from a Letter to politicians and courts I have been working on about the Monty Hall problem and explore ways of helping humans overcome binary certain groupthink and certain idiotology PDF and now a new version 1(09/02/2021) PDF

Squares, Circles and 5 Integers PDF – Exploring simple models to help overcome binary certain thinking.

Stepping Over The Bodies With Binary Certainty PDF – examining this willfully blind incoherence from feminist, extremist and other weak minded humans and their complete lack of humanity.

Responsibility Accountability Learning Popularism Justice PDF – large work looking at the individual and how the individual interacts with the group. Helping humans understand responsibility and accountability and when to be popular with the Group and when not to be.

Time Reaction Pattern Habit Plan PDF – I explore and link the Time dimension to my models. I investigate choice and show some new insights and understanding of the Monty Hall choice.

Equality Diversity Proportion Value Trust PDF – I examine the difference between binary certain thinking and the continuum. Clear examples and explorations of the difference between “intersectionality” (the Binary Certain) and the continuum.

Gender PDF – weak minded men get trapped in the binary certainty and incoherence of feminists. Human development takes some work to escape the womb.

Zen and the Art of Golf PDF – H.G.Wells and David Hume are examined. I look at Zen, Greek history and philosophy, Chinese history and dogma and frame humanity over the last 40,000 years.

What Were You Thinking PDF – I ask questions and try to answer them by looking at History, Libraries, Books, Narratives, Information structures – Demonstrations, Authoritarianism and Totalitarianism and recent examples of public figures

Why Not A Humanist Manifesto PDF – I explore the various dogma frameworks throughout history – looking at Greek, Roman and Chinese History and earlier abstractions back to 40,000 BC. Patterns emerge throughout history. Binary Certain Dogma in tension with exploration and discovery (amongst many things). Some of the records of discussions and techniques are explored.

What Am I Missing PDF – Google Map. I explore history and got lost. I found some new people and places and some new ideas. It is too much work – I stopped at 1300 and also interrupted things because of the ongoing appalling behavior of the politicians . I created a Google Map to help me follow the history a bit – Disasters, Geography, People, Place.

What Am I Missing to 1300 Continued PDF – I explore more history, tyrants and some current affairs, develop some new models about learning, public service, the drama triangle and the entitled victim narratives.

Volcanoes – I map all the main volcanoes from various database sources and then note the major eruptions, earthquakes and tsunamis up to 1300. Lots of people have worked on this – any mistakes are mine alone. I tried to tidy up and remove duplicates. My main focus in the effect of events on human history and development. I have now published a Volcanoes database on google maps and also made the raw KML available in large PDF files. All the data resides on my home computer in msaccess databases and other files. Volcanoes PDF (Explanations, KML for styles and includes KML for all undated Volcanoes) , Volcanoes – Dated PDF (ones with any dated events), Volcanoes – Eruption Events to 1300 PDF, Volcanoes – Extra (hotspots) PDF, Volcanoes – Earthquakes and Tsunamis to 1300 PDF https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1EQARhWdft8mcjwglTvJPy0O6S2WNDJbJ

Obvious Deluded Psychopaths – Extremists – Feminists PDF – Much of the world has reverted to tribal abuse and warfare. Groupthink and group identity dominate over thinking and debate. Questions are ignored and shouted down by smug angry violent mobs of certainty. Obvious Corruption is widespread. Few commentators understand the depth of the problem of the human condition – some see it as a glitch of a few rather than widespread entrenched psychopathic delusion.

Time to Wake up Not Woke Up PDF – As nations continued to be destroyed from without and within I examine some the core issues.

I Like Chefs but I Hate Some Food PDF – Helping understand Choice, Tolerance, Plurality – avoiding binary groupthink, dogma and virtue signaling.

Virtue Signaling the Drama Triangle PDF – Many humans don’t understand the term “Virtue Signaler” – some think it is a personal attack rather than a valid assessment and criticism of those who fail to notice what is important and instead concentrate and themselves and their virtue

Exploring the Rant – Measuring the Lie – Doubling Down on Delusion PDF – Tribal Grunting, Ship of Fools and Shared Rants

Mutilated by Virtue – Destroyed by Tribalism – Inundated with Lies PDF – Dominated by growing tribalism, blatant lies and corruption – the world continues to destroy individuals with Smug, Self-righteous Mob violence and habitual Virtue Signaling. I develop new and more tightly linked models of exploration to help discuss and understand.

Courage to Question PDF

The Great Adventure or Guaranteed Failure PDF – Mandating human failure.

Habitual Delusion PDF – Tribal Roman Empires, Psychopaths and liars, no-one understands plurality, probability or choice.

What were you thinking 1300 to 1400 PDF – exploring changes to my maps and reviewing humanity – trade routes and changes in the world from 600 to 1500, Italian shipping routes, Muslims into Africa, Religion. New insights into my plurality model – especially to help binaries, feminists, marxists who would like to think a bit more about things. Very simple models – even a child could understand and learn.

An Architecture of Ideas – PDF – Well connected ideas and techniques to help thinkers explore the problems with binary thinking and understand how some humans fail to appreciate themselves and the world around them.

Creeping Tyrannical Totalitarianism – The Destruction of the Individual PDF – Binary switch and framing processes used by Sophists to attack and destroy the Individual. Aristotle, Logic and the difference between binary thinkers and level 3 explored. Observations of the current decay of civilization.

What is Why PDF

Gender Schemas PDF – Certain Binary schemas instead of reality

Confidence Tricksters PDF – Using thinking to overcome being tricked.

What Were You Thinking – 1400s PDF – The Decline of The West – Spengler, Tacitus, Leibniz, Pythagoras, Ideas of History frames and general observations around 1400s.

What Were You Thinking – 1400s Continued – PDF – Big changes, hypothesis, exploration, discovery, witch hunts, dogma, emotional landscape, hysteria, heretics, famine, war, zealotry.

Anything Asserted Must Therefore Possibly Exist PDF Related to the continuum and prove yourself innocent ideas. Level 2 thinkers will not understand. Level 3 thinkers and above will notice the continuum and their biases and hypocrisy as they switch emphasis to either end of the continuum and plurality curves.

The Consumer Price Index – PDF an introduction to basket analysis, complexity, data mining, networks and probability using the Encyclopaedia Britannica as an example.

What Were you Thinking – 1500s – PDF an introduction to humanities – the changes in humans in the 1500s and its application to present times.

What Were you Thinking – 1500s – Part1 – PDF an initial overview of the 1500s. Some abstraction techniques and comments on links to our present times.

What Were you Thinking – 1500s – Part2 – PDF – Further examination around the 1500s and more research around Wars. Examining the growth of civilized societies.

What Were you Thinking – 1500s – Part3 – PDF – Further examination around the 1500s and more research around Wars. Examining the growth of civilized societies – Northern Europe and England.

Civitates orbis terrarvm Humanistman – PDF EXCEL – a new Google Map and database of City maps from the 1500 and 1600s in Europe. https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1QRwAOBJWikHGOfMwuTU-ZkYsZr5z9gs&usp=sharing

What Were you Thinking – 1500s – Part4 – PDF – exploring tribalism and its effect on civilization.