Adrian Roberts commented on Brian Monahan's article Book Review: Humankind
"I am particularly dubious about the idea that most people in battle try to avoid killing other human beings? Its there any evidence for this other than the occassional anecdote? We could probably play tennis with anecdotes that support or do not…"
Nov 26
Adrian Roberts commented on Paul Hazelden's blog post What we want for our children
" Paul - yes, I probably would regret, or at least have a sense of dissatisfaction, about my life if all I had done was make rich people richer. But if I had made myself very rich in the process I would also be thankful for that (or self-satisfied if…"
Oct 29
Adrian Roberts commented on Paul Hazelden's article What Makes the World Worse?
" As a suggestion for an answer to Paul's question above: " if most people are helpful and well-disposed to others, why is the world in such a mess?", consider the following:
 
Have you noticed how, when traffic lights stop working, very often…"
Oct 29
Adrian Roberts commented on Paul Hazelden's blog post What we want for our children
" This is great as an ideal.  But there needs to be a balance. Money is useful stuff to have around. In my twenties I was idealistic and believed that money wasn't important (I was still single at the time!).  I chose a career which I loved, but it…"
Oct 28
Paul Hazelden commented on Adrian Roberts's article Climate Change: Why Deny It?
"Thanks for the article - a number of impoartant points.  I like the reminder that intelligent people can (and often do) use their intelligence to find reasons to believe whatever they want.  However, as a matter of detail, I'm pretty confident that…"
Oct 16
Adrian Roberts published an article
Climate Change: Why do some people not believe in it?
In our Zoom meeting on 21st September we discussed the dangers of climate change and possible solutions, and it was interesting and important but much like a million other such discussions. The…
Sep 29
Brian Monahan commented on Adrian Roberts's article REVIEW: Facism - A Warning: Madeleine Albright.
"Thank you, Adrian, for this - It sounds like a reasonable and helpful book to help us identify what true fascism is.   As Paul H. paraphrased,  we have to understand the past to avoid reliving it - and fascism is definitely something that we need to…"
Sep 26
Paul Hazelden commented on Adrian Roberts's article REVIEW: Facism - A Warning: Madeleine Albright.
"I have not read it, but you have convinced me it is a well written book on an important topic.  We hae to understand the past in order if we wish to avoid reliving it - but the important thing about understanding history should be that it shows us…"
Sep 12
Adrian Roberts published an article
[Back to Book Reviews]
This was my holiday reading! A very important book. 
BOOK REVIEW:
FASCISM – A WARNING: Madeleine Albright.
Madeleine Albright was well-placed to write an urgent warning about the resurgence of Fascism. She was born in…
Sep 9
Adrian Roberts commented on Mark Collins's article How can we affect or stimulate positive change?
"Hi Mark.
Maybe I'm naive but I am not certain that in Europe most people would say they believe in the primacy of the individual rather than the community. At least they pay lip service to believing in the community, while in practice trying to find…"
Aug 29
Adrian Roberts commented on Paul Hazelden's blog post Understanding Lucy Letby
"I suspect that she has a schizoid personality, which enables her to detach emotionally from other people's emotions. Apparently she showed no surprise and no emotion when the police arrested her. Unfortunately schizoid and pyschopathic people don't…"
Aug 28
Adrian Roberts commented on Brian Monahan's article Pacifism and Ukraine
"Couple of things:
1] The profits in the arms industry were certainly of concern while we were selling arms to suspect developing countries. But is it really a huge part of the discussion now? Like a lot of things, everything changed on 24th February…"
Feb 26
Adrian Roberts commented on Paul Hazelden's article Three Kinds of Sex
"Hi Paul. Thank you for this explanation and summary. I have read it properly now and so here are a few thoughts. 
In the Introduction, you define the Physical Mechanism of Sexuality as being the role of reproduction. You qualify this later, but…"
Jan 27
Adrian Roberts commented on Paul Hazelden's article Christianity: the Sovereignty of God
"Paul
 This is a reply to your post of 12th August 2022, which was a reply to mine of 18th March.
There are two themes here. The first is about the nature of the Christian God. I had said that if he [the bible mainly uses “he”, which may be an…"
Aug 19, 2022
Adrian Roberts commented on Paul Hazelden's article Reason, Science and Faith
"Paul
Perhaps our understanding is convergent, but not able to completely align.
You say to me: “I think that you, like me, believe that human connection and compassion should shape our beliefs, as well as Reason.  But, in that case, you don't…"
Aug 15, 2022
Brian Monahan commented on Adrian Roberts's blog post Ayn Rand and Objectivism.
"Adrian - Thank you for responding. As described, Ayn Rand's philosophy projects an attractive heroic quality which frames the individual's actions to advance their position as being progressive in general. In other words, I can do whatever I want to…"
Jul 21, 2022
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