17 Monday Nov 2025
Martyn Rhisiart Jones
Madrid, 17th November 2025
Question: Do we fully understand the brain?
Answer: No, according to reputable Neuroscientists, we do not fully understand the brain. So, the short answer is a resounding no.
That’ll be a no then!
Continue reading12 Wednesday Nov 2025
Martyn Rhisiart Jones
A Coruña, 12th November 2025
CONSIDER THIS: DATA AS A MIRROR OF HUMANITY
Friends, Roman, Countryfolk! In an age where every tap on a screen, every fleeting glance at a smartwatch, and even the subtle rhythm of a resting pulse are silently collected as data, what does this immense and glittering digital mosaic reveal about our innermost selves and the selves we have yet to inhabit?
Continue reading08 Saturday Nov 2025
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deception, Economics, fake, history, lies, Philosophy, Politics, propaganda, vulgarity, writing
Sir Afilonius Rex and Vanessa Bell
Bloomsbury, London, 8th November 2025
Calling Bullshit on Fakery
A LinkedIn post by Thorsten Wunde (or “WundeThorsten”) shared a viral anecdote claiming to illustrate why “socialism always fails.” The story presents an economics professor in Sweden. He fails an entire class after averaging the grades to simulate socialist equality. This action leads to widespread laziness and eventual collapse. It concludes with a moral: When half the population realises they can slack off, the nation is in danger. The other half sees no reward for effort. This marks the end of every nation. This tale aims to serve as compelling evidence of socialism’s inherent flaws. However, it is deeply problematic on several levels. It is factually, logically, and empirically flawed. It’s a classic example of a fabricated parable. It is dressed up as real-world evidence. This story has been circulating online since at least 2009. It appears as chain emails and memes, often tied to U.S. politics (e.g., “Obama’s socialism”). Below, we’ll break it down systematically.
Continue reading07 Friday Nov 2025
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Martyn Rhisiart Jones
Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, 7th November 2025
Set theory is a branch of mathematics that studies sets, which are simply collections of things.
It was pioneered by Georg Cantor, a German mathematician, in the late 19th century. He introduced concepts such as infinite sets (sets that contain an endless number of elements) and cardinality (a concept that helps define the number of elements in a set). His work, initially controversial, revolutionised mathematics by providing a rigorous framework for understanding infinity despite facing personal and professional challenges.
Continue reading09 Wednesday Apr 2025
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capitalism, Economics, empire, grand-strategy, history, imperialism, neoliberalism, Philosophy, Politics, share-the-poverty
Neoliberalism: A Reflection
Martyn Richard Jones, A Coruña, 9th April 2025
In a compelling lecture by Enrique Javier Díez, a respected professor at the University of León, he opened with the well-worn Chinese proverb: “Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will eat for a lifetime.” A familiar refrain, often invoked in discussions of education and empowerment, it was a fitting start — but Díez, with the precision of a seasoned academic and the urgency of a citizen deeply attuned to the injustices of our time, was not content to leave it there.
Continue reading09 Wednesday Apr 2025
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books, grand-strategy, history, honour, News, Philosophy, pnac, Politics
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This book is dedicated to the great, compassionate, and visionary individuals. They have profoundly shaped my political journey. They have also influenced how I understand the world. Their courage, integrity, and unwavering commitment to justice have inspired me and countless others. Their actions have made an indelible impact on the political landscape of recent times.
Continue reading15 Wednesday Jan 2025
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Martyn Richard Jones
Causal analysis is the field of experimental design and statistics pertaining to establishing cause and effect. Typically, it involves establishing four elements: correlation, sequence in time (that is, causes must occur before their proposed effect), a plausible physical or information-theoretical mechanism for an observed effect to follow from a possible cause, and eliminating the possibility of common and alternative (“special”) causes. Such analysis usually involves one or more artificial or natural experiments.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causal_analysis
Continue reading13 Friday Dec 2024
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There is an elephant in the room.
Why do seemingly good people embrace faulty and toxic logic and reason?
I find it really strange.
But there is also something that I have learned late in life. It is that the political and social extremes, informed or not, hate subtlety, universal applicability, and reason. So if your language includes expressions such as ‘it depends’, ‘on the other hand’ and ‘but from another perspective’, your arguments will be derided and your right to an opinion frequently denied.
