Ali Boyle University of Cambridge I specialise in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science. I’m currently a Research Fellow in Kinds of Intelligence at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence in Cambridge and the Center for Science and Thought in Bonn. Before this, I was a
The word for today is… peach (noun,verb) – noun 1a : a low spreading freely branching Chinese tree (Prunus persica) of the rose family that has lanceolate leaves and sessile usually pink flowers and is widely cultivated in temperate areas for its edible fruit which is a single-seeded drupe with
Gabriel Hays newsbusters.org Staff writer for MRC Culture. Joe and Betty Anderlik Fellow. University of Dallas Class of ’16. Ah, history is made yet again in our budding United States Socialist Republic. Hollywood has nominated its first ever biological male in a top Best Actress category. And, no, this
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I travelled into Wellington from the Hutt Valley on the train today. The view along the water was delightful. The passengers provided an eclectic mix of people and races – roughly 50% Europeans and 50% Asians – mostly heading into the capital for work. At the station, I took a taxi to
The word for today is… inroad (noun) – 1 : an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something 2 : a sudden hostile incursion : raid Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Inroad is a combination of in and road, both of which are pretty mundane, as far as words go. But
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Forgive the pun but let’s get one thing straight re trans-sexual athletes. There are only two sexes,; male and female. That is an indisputable biological fact. “Feeling” you’ve been born in the wrong body doesn’t make that biologically true. Asylums are
Hannah Cox fee.org Hannah Cox is the Content Manager and Brand Ambassador for the Foundation for Economic Education. If you don’t spend your days on TikTok or Reddit, you may be blissfully unaware of a growing movement urging people to quit their jobs en masse this fall. It’
The word for today is… zealot (noun) – 1 : a zealous person; especially a fanatical partisan 2 capitalized : a member of a fanatical sect arising in Judea during the first century a.d. and militantly opposing the Roman domination of Palestine Source : Merria-Webster Etymology : In the 1st century A.D.
Simon Angelo wealthmorning.com Simon is the Chief Executive Officer and Publisher at Wealth Morning. He has been investing in the markets since he was 17. He recently spent a couple of years working in the hedge-fund industry in Europe. Before this, he owned an award-winning professional-services
It has been happening in America for a while and now it is happening in New Zealand. drag queens are not just men dressed as women. They’re men costumed as grossly insulting parodies of women, peddling hyper-sexualised innuendos and soft-core porn routines (there have been instances of
Today’s alleged discrimination of the day was discovered in a recent petition on change.org The petition states: The signatories of this petition request that Rainbow Youth take a stand against racism by expelling Shaneel Lal from the organisation. If they refuse, then we request that all businesses donating
The word for today is… flotilla (noun) – 1 : a fleet of ships or boats; especially a navy organizational unit consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships 2 : an indefinite large number e.g. a flotilla of changes Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Flotilla comes from the diminutive form of
First, they came for the manholes and we calmly stood back and let them do it in the interests of diversity and inclusion. What harm could there possibly be in calling a hole that might equally be used by a woman a personhole? So we let them change it even
