Sometimes an article compels me to writing about it, like The invention of the soul by Nicholas Humphrey, a theoretical psychologist. I suppose that the article’s subtitle explains its contents: “Humans weren’t given souls by God or genes. We made them ourselves with language – turning sentience into something sacred” Source: AON, 17 April 2026, The invention of the...
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Love, Knowledge & Power vs Doubt Fear Hope & Love
Recently, I wondered why Doubt, Fear, Hope & Love is not a triangle, contrary to most of my concepts. The overlap between Love, Knowledge & Power and Doubt, Fear, Hope & Love makes my question even more relevant. See the overlap in my latest diagram (below). My preliminary thought is that my question is indeed valid. The Love in Doubt, Fear, Hope &...
Zien is geloven
Woorden zijn zelden genoeg om erin te geloven. Al te vaak zijn die woorden eigenlijk betekenisloos door een gebrek aan daaropvolgende daden. Mogelijk is dat de achtergrond van de uitspraak: zien is geloven. Intenties zijn echter zelden zichtbaar. Vandaar - waarschijnlijk - de variant op bovenstaande spreuk: voelen is geloven. Voelen is een variant op daden. Ons zien...

The Dunning – Kruger effect
My recent blog, Fear and the 7 Belief systems, mentioned the Dunning - Kruger effect; see the yellow marking in my diagram. This "cognitive bias" is related to my blog topics of arrogance & ignorance, as well as (human) stupidity. "The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias that describes the systematic tendency of people with low ability in a specific area...

The acceleration of Long Term waves
Late 2017, I published my blog on Waves (2), including the long-term economic Kondratiev wave (c.45-60 years), and the long term generational Strauss-Howe cycle (c.80 years). In my 2018 and 2020 blogs, I integrated (i) Needs, Wants & Beliefs and (ii) Awakening into the Strauss-Howe cycle. Source: Charles Hugh Smith, 11 June 2008, Dude, We Are So...
Inspiration and its source dimensions
My writing is based on my inspiration. The source of that inspiration is (an) unknown to me. In my view, its source dimension(s) might be related to (my) individual, collective or universal consciousness, which is also known as panpsychism (eg, Britannica, IEP, Stanford, Wiki). My diagram below is my interpretation of the link(s) between inspiration and its source...

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