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How About An Interdependence day?
Happy Independence Day to all our US readers!. Its amazing what can happen after a tea party isn't it! That's why I just drink coffee now. Independence is a curious thing don't you think? It has to rely on some sense of 'sameness' and 'difference' that we hold, which begs the question at what... Read more...
Published 22 hours ago
Dogmatism Eat Dogmatism : The Avoidance of Doubt
Regular readers of Gullibility will know that a key theme throughout its posts is the development of healthy skepticism and doubt.Recently however I have been given pause to ponder on this matter because a close family member has decided to join the British Parachute RegimentNaturally military... Read more...
Published 2 days ago
Terry Pratchett Understands Gullibility
image credit www.guardian.co.ukThree great quotes.The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.The truth may be out there, but lies are inside your head.They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago
Shopping For A Degree? Try Our BA in Consumerism
A colleague of mine opens his introduction to first year students with the announcement that they all have "his permission to fail". This is part of the 'bucket of cold water' that is needed to wake students up to the fact that need to take as much responsibility for their learning as the... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago
UK Candid Camera Classics - Goldfish Delicacy
I am suprised and annoyed at myself for not being aware that Jonathan Routh Master Practioner of the Expert Dupe passed away on June the 4th.If ever someone was able to model exactly how we suspend critical thinking Jonathan was surely one of the best.I have a vivid childhood memory of this... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago
Plagiarism Is Simply Cheating
Plagiarism is simply cheating. It's the academic equivalent of lying or stealing. In this case the perpetrator lies about their capability and originality of expression or thinking, and they steal the insights of others and claim them as their own.Students enter into a relationship when they join... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago
Pluto Plato and Plutoids
How spooky is this...As you probably know a few months back Pluto lost its status as a planet.Today its has been announced that Pluto should belong to a new category of astronomical object called PlutoidsScientists love the task of categorisation its a pastime of philosophers too. Mind you that... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago
Consumerism : A New Low
Anybody who has done Marketing 101 will know that one of the basic tricks of advertising is to call something 'NEW'By tapping into our basic curiosity and the false assumption that new is equivalent to better we are sub-consciously being told that our world is progressing and improving.So you can... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago
University Degrees : The Clue Is In The Title
What do you think the aim and purpose of a Higher Education is? For me the clue is in the title of the awards that can be achieved.A degree implies evidence of a 'degree' of thinking, knowledge, and application that has been formally assessed by legally & professionally recognised assessors and... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago
Barak Obama : The Promise of Change
When somebody makes a promise they are asking us to believe in the manifestation of some future event. and the only way have of knowing if our faith has been misplaced or not is our experience of delivery on that promise.As a result it is only in the moment of delivery that we ever find out if we... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago
Masters Degrees : Advantages Disadvantages and Expectations
If you are considering embarking on a Masters Degree in any of the Social Sciences you might be wondering what is involved and what you will be committing too. Several factors may have combined to encourage you to take the plunge and much of the marketing blurb from universities home in on those... Read more...
Published 1 month ago
Police Authorised To Use Common Sense
Someone once said The weird thing about common sense is...it isn't. The good news is that at last one organisation in the UK The Surrey Police Force is trying to change all of that. In a bid to unlock themselves from the handcuffs of obsessive managerialist thinking Surrey and three other UK... Read more...
Published 1 month ago