Reflections on Peace, Philosophy, and Life

According to Occam's razor, all other things being equal, the simplest theory is most likely true. In other words, simplicity is a meta-scientific criterion by which scientists evaluate competing theories.

This reflects my own view: "why complicated when simple will do".

Details: Category: David's Blog; Created: 22 December 2020

A frightened and an angry face, left and right respectively.

Putin, Erdogan, Xi Ping, Sisi, Khomeini, Kim Jong Un, Lukashenko, Salman, Modi and all others, et al.?

Answer: Fear is what they have in common. I'm sure the list is longer, but this is just to make a point.

Details: Category: David's Blog; Created: 15 December 2020

Four figures in the Book of Revelation who symbolize the evils to come at the end of the world:

The figure representing conquest rides a white horse;
war, a red horse;
famine, a black horse; and
plague, a pale horse. They are often called the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

To me, the horsemen have forerunners and their names are:

Details: Category: David's Blog; Created: 11 November 2020

Photo by Natasha Ivanchikhina on Unsplash

Today, the 8th of November, Remembrance Day is celebrated in many countries.

Wikipedia describes it as follows: "Remembrance Sunday is held in the United Kingdom as a day to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts. It is held at 11am on the second Sunday in November (the Sunday nearest to 11 November, Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of hostilities in the First World War in 1918). Remembrance Sunday, within the Church of England, falls in the liturgical period of Allsaintstide."

Details: Category: David's Blog; Created: 08 November 2020

Isn't that what everybody says? Isn't that what we all strive for? Every action we make is ultimately for the perceived benefit of the feeling of happiness that the action should, in our estimation, lead towards. What do I mean with "happiness"? To me, it's that feeling we have, when everything is - at that moment - right with our world; that feeling we have when we say that we'd like this perfect moment to last forever. You know what I'm talking about. It's the feeling we try to recreate by repeating whatever led up to the moment. Perhaps on holiday somewhere, we experience that moment, so let's go there again next time - only the next time isn't like the first time and the feeling doesn't happen again.

Details: Category: David's Blog; Created: 03 November 2020

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Reflections on Peace, Philosophy, and Life

Simplicity - it's far to complicated to understand, apparently.

What have all these well-known, public people, in common?

Forerunners of the four horsemen of the apocalypse

November includes "Remembrance Day", at least in the UK

I want to be happy! I'm sure you want to be happy too!