Kester Brewin

Author: KB

  • One and Other | 4th Plinth | The State of the Nation

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    I happened across the Anthony Gormley ‘piece’ in London’s Trafalgar Square today: ‘One and Other.’ The idea is presented on a plaque: There is a live stream of what is going on at any one time here. Here (19:15 on 15th July) we see a woman dressed up as a lollipop lady waving at people:…

  • Over-Rated | Crowd-Wisdom Gets Foolish

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    David Cameron – currently oppostion leader in the UK, but likely to be Prime Minister this time next year – announced a worrying policy today: the recipients of UK Overseas Development aid could be partly decided in an ‘X-Factor’ style public vote. Apparently this will initially begin with a small percentage of the overall budget,…

  • Dubh – Uneasy Listening

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    Sorry it’s been quiet around here recently. Had my head down writing for various things – poems, books, copy for Greenbelt, discussions about Vaux Mk II – and also spent a few fully analogue days in the hills helping lead a Duke of Edinburgh Award trip. All good. One thing I’ve been meaning to do…

  • The Absurdity of Neo-Con Fundamentalism: Only Osama Can Protect the US

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    Really, this video is quite amazing. A Fox News discussion, in which the interviewee claims that: “The only chance we have as a country right now is for Osama Bin Laden to detonate a major weapon in the United States.“ and that, “Only Osama can execute an attack which will force Americans to demand that…

  • Is Atheism a Tenable Position?

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    An interesting thread developing on Twitter with philosophybites – Nigel Warburton under the covers – around ideas of atheism and agnosticism. It’s building towards a telephone discussion on BBC Radio Five Live tonight from 1am (one for the podcast) about whether we should all just say we’re agnostics. Nigel notes today that there is ‘no…

  • Six [SIX!] Improved Arguements for Atheism

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    Spotted at my local bookshop. Someone’s been hard at work. One would have thought that a single disproof would suffice for the average rationalist. But here we have six. All improved too! Got to love fundamentalists, haven’t you?