A blog by Leon Oudejans
China’s obedient, submissive, pregnant women
16 Jan, 2025 | Knowledge, Power
In my 2023 blog, I wrote that Margaret Atwood’s 1985 futuristic dystopian novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, will become reality. First in China, and then in USA. The 2024 SCMP article (below) arrived much earlier than I expected. The reason is quite simple: a collapsing...
Genius, evil and insanity
15 Jan, 2025 | Knowledge, Power
“The notion that genius is only thinly separated from insanity goes back at least to ancient Greece. Aristotle linked the two when he said, “There is no great genius without a touch of madness.” Source: PsychologyToday (2020). A recent comment by former Trump adviser...
Brainwave
14 Jan, 2025 | Knowledge
Mid December 2024, the journal Neuron published a study entitled The unbearable slowness of being: Why do we live at 10 bits/s? I became aware through the NYT: The Speed of Human Thought Lags Far Behind Your Internet Connection, Study Finds. “It’s a bit of a...
The need for a subplot
13 Jan, 2025 | Knowledge, Love, Power
Last Wednesday, I viewed Se1Ep1 of Matlock (2024), featuring Kathy Bates. Initially, I failed to understand its high IMDb rating. Afterwards, I gave it an 8. The difference was its last scene, which revealed a very intriguing subplot. I suppose the excellent subplot...
De tolerantie van intolerantie
10 Jan, 2025 | Knowledge, Power
In 1945 waarschuwde Karl Popper ons reeds voor de paradox van tolerantie in zijn boek The Open Society and its Enemies. Hij wordt “algemeen [] beschouwd als een van de grootste wetenschapsfilosofen van de 20e eeuw.” “Minder bekend [dan andere paradoxen]...
Can arrogance beat ignorance?
9 Jan, 2025 | Knowledge, Power
Following the stunning loss of Kamala Harris against Donald Trump on 5 November 2024, I wrote my blog: Did ignorance beat arrogance? My answer was an implicit No. The same No applies to my question above. In my view, both arrogance and ignorance can only be defeated...
The Progressive Moment in Global Politics Is Over (WSJ)
8 Jan, 2025 | Knowledge, Power
Introduction LO: This Wall Street Journal (WSJ) article (see below) was written before the recent decision of the liberal-left Canadian Prime Minister to resign. His resignation is further evidence of the validity of this WSJ article. In my view, the pendulum in...
Wishing you a happy, healthy and loving 2025
1 Jan, 2025 | Knowledge, Love, Power
Source: Pinterest PS: rather than a wish, I hope that my inspiration will return in 2025 …
Just a thought: is USA like a boiling frog?
20 Dec, 2024 | Knowledge, Power
“The boiling frog is an apologue describing a frog being slowly boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in tepid water which is then brought to a boil slowly, it will not perceive the...
Free / een tijdje vrij
16 Dec, 2024 | Love
The song below is to announce that I’m taking some time off from writing. I need to be FREE, like Deniece Williams. Free (1976) by Deniece Williams artist, lyrics, video, Wiki-artist, Wiki-song [Chorus]But I want to be free, free, freeAnd I just got to be me, yeah,...
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