Man Made God Reading (just) 8 sentences from Genesis. I read them in Dutch but subtitle them in English. “Then God, the Lord, thought … if he ate those, he would live eternally! ..“ No mistake: “It is your absolutely inalienable right to believe in as many gods, godesses, devils or angels you want“ About… Continue reading How many trees?
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Then: Silly Sociology, now: Critical Race Theory and worse
.. To some extent I was alarmed rereading my own text in translation …. about a note in my 2012 text ..
Peer-reviewing and the prestige of science: A plea for non-peer reviewing
In Dutch this text is available at the Academia account of Frans Groenendijk too (see link in footer). It was first published in 2012 at Keizers en Kleren (Emperors and clothes), a website about science that does not exist anymore. So yes: the article is older than the previous one in this category: TEXT: Real… Continue reading Peer-reviewing and the prestige of science: A plea for non-peer reviewing
Respect for relating to prison thugs?
At the beginning of this century I was a teacher for a couple of years in two very different kinds of schools. The management of both schools felt that some form of respect should be imposed on the teachers. In very different ways. The booklet ‘Respect’ I received as an ICT teacher at an intermediate… Continue reading Respect for relating to prison thugs?
2000 Mules. Or: every senile politician could have made this mistake
The title of this post refers to the opening scene of the movie 2000 Mules.It shows former vice president Biden who spoke -before the 2020 elections- about very special accomplishments of his party: Joe Biden says he’s built most extensive “voter fraud” org in history. Link to video below. Nobody claims that the video was… Continue reading 2000 Mules. Or: every senile politician could have made this mistake
How many more popes?
About four years ago I visited Rome with my brother (I was mainly looking for more inspiration for a sequel to my Dutch faction-novel Alexandra’s Reis). During a long walk our attention was drawn to this enormous building. It has a really impressive exterior, visible from afar. It was less impressive than St. Peter’s Basilica,… Continue reading How many more popes?