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Where should time-travel take you?

If time-travel were possible, which time and place would you visit, and why? Read my answer below. First off, four assumptions: Time travel doesn’t mean the daily experience of us all to travel into the future at the rate of one second per second, I will survive my time-travel and be able to return to … Continue reading Where should time-travel take you? →

15 locical rhetoric errors (in Swedish)

This review (in Swedish) of the fifteen most common (ugly) rhetorical tricks is instructive. I have learned a lot from them. And it doesn’t just apply to election campaigns – Unfortunately I know a lot, e.g. academics, who also make their arguments in ugly ways. Rhetoric: 15 Thoughts and how you figure them out Advertisements

The present Utopia

This present moment used to be the unimaginable future! How much do you know about the state of the World? Take the Gapminder test – and then read Factfulness by Hans Rosling (2018). Bill Gates rated it the most important book in a very long time. Advertisements

I could have been anyone

By Simon Olling Rebsdorf I could have been anyone. If I did not wear the mask that apparently makes me who I am, then I could have been the resident across the street watching television every night when the children are put to bed, and who raises the national flag when there is a birthday … Continue reading I could have been anyone →

Growing Out of the Past as a Seed for the Future

by Simon Olling Rebsdorf, May 02018* PhD in Science Studies, MSc in Physics, Journalist, Author Introduction of Hope The above indication of the year (02018) is not flawed. It tests the possible effect of denoting years not in thousands, but in tens of thousands, in that way indirectly installing a potential hope for imagining a … Continue reading Growing Out of the Past as a Seed for the Future →

We don’t need religious objects anymore – for the human race to survice

[this is a precurser of a longer article, posted May 14 2018] When you judge, investigate. This maxim from Seneca is very dear to me, despite me often being forgetful about it’s great truth value. I have investigated religious belief for more than 20 years on a private basis. I have had numerous discussions with … Continue reading We don’t need religious objects anymore – for the human race to survice →

We don’t need religious objects to survive, anymore

When you judge, investigate. This maxim from Seneca is very dear to me, despite me often being forgetful about it’s great truth value. I have investigated religious belief for ca. 20 years on a private basis. I have had numerous discussions with protestant vicars, jewish believers, muslims, asatru, one buddhist even, which can be difficult … Continue reading We don’t need religious objects to survive, anymore →

The Art of Nature: Unearthly Jet-Streams on Jupiter

This picture is awe-inspiring, it is incredibly beautiful. Nature is an artist in her own right. Go see the image in full resolution at Nasa.gov. How grateful I am to witness the results of long-term thinkers like ESA and NASA and their subcontractors and research institutions. The photo shows cyclones at Jupiter’s North Pole. It is taken … Continue reading The Art of Nature: Unearthly Jet-Streams on Jupiter →

Just found my grandson’s future calendar – some thoughts about long-term thinking

I just found my grandson’s calendar exactly a hundred years from now, February 22nd, 2118. It says that he’s going to visit me at some VR facility. This is a comforting thought. Humans are now technologically advanced enough to be able to create not only extraordinary wonders but also civilization-scale problems. We most likely need … Continue reading Just found my grandson’s future calendar – some thoughts about long-term thinking →

Just found my grandson’s future calendar – thoughts about long-term thinking

I just found my grandson’s calendar exactly a hundred years from now, February 22nd, 2118. It says that he’s going to visit me in some VR facility. This is a comforting thought. Humans are now technologically advanced enough to be able to create not only extraordinary wonders but also civilization-scale problems. We most likely need … Continue reading Just found my grandson’s future calendar – thoughts about long-term thinking →