Is war good for us? It perhaps sharpens all of us in our challenge to stay alive and make us feel grateful that we, survivors, are indeed alive. It reduces the world’s population so that there is more food, space and other desirable stuff available for the survivors. As I…
There is an increasing debate going on about ‘assisted dying’ in the UK and elsewhere. In Britain there is a proposal going through the UK parliament for ratification now. We have always followed a course of action with our patients that is based on a Christian belief in the overall…
Chaos, complexity or incomprehension (Pt.1) No one can fail to recognise that there is a myriad of entities that make up the body of knowledge and understanding of our existence. Everyone is likely to agree that humans, and other living things, may also conceive that their survival might be linked…
Mine is full of concerns and, if I started to think about the way the world seems to be heading in even a slightly neurotic way, I would be afraid. Anyone reading this who has also kept up with the current news might agree that the current global scene is…
The challenges Lots of people. How do they live? There are more people than the world can sustain without ever more technical interventions. Does anyone consider the energy these interventions might need to satisfy the richer and most able financially, who manipulate their personal economies so well? More humans, more…
Ivor Ralph (Rafe) Edwards The title is from something my father used to say. I always thought it rather odd. Surely the more one knows the better? Today, we are overwhelmed by information and data. As I get older I process it more slowly, as colleagues, friends and family have…
Dear Mr. Putin, Please stop this war before you damage your reputation completely by being responsible for the loss of ever more lives. You are waging a war apparently on the basis of a POSSIBLE threat from the Ukraine and NATO. If there are any grounds for such a threat…
To say, “I hate yellow” or “I hate sausages” is trivializing a dangerous word. Saying, “I hate Catholics or Jews or Muslims or whites or black people or…..” is not just harmful, hurtful and dangerous, it is illogical The United Nations has the following to say about hate speech. “Hate…
Experts have surfaced throughout the world in almost every discipline and walk of life. Look for a definition of ‘expert’ on Google and find that Oxford Languages has the first place with, “a person who is very knowledgeable about or skillful in a particular area” – fine but then see…