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Always ask why: Chesterton’s Gate

Peopl just love to think that they’re smarter than everyone else. They look at a problem they’re not familiar with for two minutes and then say, “Oh, but the answer’s obviously…” Matt will recognise this phenomenon from all the times he’s been told that macro forecasting is a waste of time and the people buying […]

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If I was to have a platform

I am constantly criticised for not putting out conclusions for policy.  So I thought with an election coming up, I’d put down my personal election platform … this should make obvious why no-one would vote for me, not even my mother 😉

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Black markets, crime, and costs

Via Facebook I’ve been informed that our Australian friends have added an interesting interpretation to the costs of crime syndicates. “Every dollar stolen through organised crime activity is a dollar that cannot be spent on education, health or any number of services,” O’Connor said. Now on the face of it this statement is patently ridiculous […]

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Careful with the evidence son

An article titled “study links cannabis to psychosis” says in the first paragraph: People who use cannabis in their youth dramatically increase their risk of psychotic symptoms, and continued use of the drug can raise the risk of developing a psychotic disorder in later life, scientists said. Of course, later on in the article – […]

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Let me get this straight

One of the main reasons the government wants to crack down on alcohol is because of the “scenes no civilized society can relish“, which is when people of the age of 18-24 go into town and run amok – causing definite damage to other people, in some way, or something. So they are introducing a […]