Very good analysis. Universities are infected with this preference for can-do glibness too. So much so, espousing it is essential for career success among university management and scepticism is the kiss of death.
Very prevalent in the church, too.
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January 23, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Very good analysis. Universities are infected with this preference for can-do glibness too. So much so, espousing it is essential for career success among university management and scepticism is the kiss of death.
Btw: I'm aware that some are not happy with Toms stance on 'fascism in the USA', and in that case I'd also recommend the podcast. Even if that doesn't change your scepticism toward his position on this, you'll see that it's not abt downplaying the dangers America is in (as some seem to believe).
January 23, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Btw: I'm aware that some are not happy with Toms stance on 'fascism in the USA', and in that case I'd also recommend the podcast. Even if that doesn't change your scepticism toward his position on this, you'll see that it's not abt downplaying the dangers America is in (as some seem to believe).
Different designers, but it's from the same publisher that was happy to produce this game (and accompanying Oirish video) so from a board game space I can understand some scepticism over it being a reasonable engagement with the history.
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Different designers, but it's from the same publisher that was happy to produce this game (and accompanying Oirish video) so from a board game space I can understand some scepticism over it being a reasonable engagement with the history.
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More that ‘scepticism’ is needed! A full-blown sanction to rebuild as it was is necessary here.
January 23, 2026 at 6:50 AM
More that ‘scepticism’ is needed! A full-blown sanction to rebuild as it was is necessary here.
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And at that time they were unaware that FB and Cambridge Analytica were doing it. I think the scepticism threshold has come up a lot since then. Carole Cadwallader has been vindicated, 6m Brexiteers have died, and we've had a decade of bitter experience.
January 23, 2026 at 12:48 AM
And at that time they were unaware that FB and Cambridge Analytica were doing it. I think the scepticism threshold has come up a lot since then. Carole Cadwallader has been vindicated, 6m Brexiteers have died, and we've had a decade of bitter experience.
There's no way to really slice what ICE is doing that doesn't make them look like the bad guys, one could say 'History is written by the victors' but Historians aren't naive and know that, the field has a lot of scepticism towards official narratives, its never settled but an active area of inquiry.
January 23, 2026 at 12:34 AM
There's no way to really slice what ICE is doing that doesn't make them look like the bad guys, one could say 'History is written by the victors' but Historians aren't naive and know that, the field has a lot of scepticism towards official narratives, its never settled but an active area of inquiry.
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Hopefully with the right level of scepticism of both the comment and the technology to want to find out for themselves. They won’t, of course. But I stand by my generalisation. How AI works is not aligned to models of intelligence but to stochastic analysis of given inputs against a data set.
January 22, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Hopefully with the right level of scepticism of both the comment and the technology to want to find out for themselves. They won’t, of course. But I stand by my generalisation. How AI works is not aligned to models of intelligence but to stochastic analysis of given inputs against a data set.
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Religious training/indoctrination can easily obfuscate the natural consultation of our inherent moral conscience. This is not always intentionally shirking responsibility.
But this is why childhood indoctrination can be harmful; people more easily obey authority without scepticism.
But this is why childhood indoctrination can be harmful; people more easily obey authority without scepticism.
January 22, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Religious training/indoctrination can easily obfuscate the natural consultation of our inherent moral conscience. This is not always intentionally shirking responsibility.
But this is why childhood indoctrination can be harmful; people more easily obey authority without scepticism.
But this is why childhood indoctrination can be harmful; people more easily obey authority without scepticism.
Trump declaration of Greenland framework deal met with scepticism amid tariff relief
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“Donald Trump announced a “framework of a future deal” on Greenland after escalating threats. Financial markets rebounded, European leaders welcomed a reprieve from further tariffs. But Danish lawmakers said the claim was “not real” & people in Greenland reacted to it with profound scepticism”.
The problem here is nobody knows what to believe anymore from the senile lunatic
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January 22, 2026 at 11:37 AM
“Donald Trump announced a “framework of a future deal” on Greenland after escalating threats. Financial markets rebounded, European leaders welcomed a reprieve from further tariffs. But Danish lawmakers said the claim was “not real” & people in Greenland reacted to it with profound scepticism”.
Trump declaration of Greenland framework deal met with scepticism amid tariff relief
Nato chief Mark Rutte says there is ‘a lot of work to be done’, as some Danish MPs voice concern at Greenland apparently being sidelined in US president’s talks www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Nato chief Mark Rutte says there is ‘a lot of work to be done’, as some Danish MPs voice concern at Greenland apparently being sidelined in US president’s talks www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Trump declaration of Greenland framework deal met with scepticism amid tariff relief
Nato chief Mark Rutte says there is ‘a lot of work to be done’, as some Danish MPs voice concern at Greenland apparently being sidelined in US president’s talks
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Trump declaration of Greenland framework deal met with scepticism amid tariff relief
Nato chief Mark Rutte says there is ‘a lot of work to be done’, as some Danish MPs voice concern at Greenland apparently being sidelined in US president’s talks www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Nato chief Mark Rutte says there is ‘a lot of work to be done’, as some Danish MPs voice concern at Greenland apparently being sidelined in US president’s talks www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...