Sanning och konsekvens

Att tro att det finns total objektivitet och EN sanning i infekterade politiska debatter förefaller naivt, i vissa fall rentav på gränsen till livsfarligt. Många hänvisar till att de ’lyssnat till vetenskapen’ när de uttalar sig i olika frågor. Men vad betyder det egentligen? De flesta forskare vinnlägger sig om…

Retired, not retarded

Having left my employment last year, I’m not sure what to say when people ask me “what do you do?” To explain that I do all sorts of things, thinking, reading, writing, volunteering in a school, dog-walking, not to mention being a working board member of two family companies would…

Navigare necesse est

Having returned safely from our first trip abroad since 2020, I was struck by the clarity of vision with which I regarded our flat as I stepped into the hall, so familiar and welcoming, and yet, for a fraction of a second, like a place I saw for the first…

Ponders, wonders and odd blunders

In August we took two dear friends on a day trip to Vinga, a small island with an impressive lighthouse, well-known in Sweden as the birthplace of the troubadour and poet laureate Evert Taube. The island is some ten kilometres west of Göteborg, the lively harbour, industry and university city…