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Future predictions abound, but the past seems to have to be swept away
by Mieke Mosmuller
22-03-2021 8 comments
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Because of everything that has happened in the past year, we seem to lose our attention to the daily figures and measures that the state imposes on us. Alongside the multitude of predictions for the future, it sometimes seems that our traditions from the past must be forgotten, wiped out, as if they were never there. No... read more...
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It is not left or right, but make or break!
by Mieke Mosmuller
12-03-2021 0 comments
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In today's political landscape, the classic qualification of left or right no longer serves much purpose for a voter. Whereas left-wing parties were usually socially oriented and right-wing parties more businesslike, in the current corona crisis parties are more distinguished by qualifications such as corona critica... read more...
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Cause and effect and the art of interpretation
by Mieke Mosmuller
04-03-2021 1 comments
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In thinking, it is important to see the relationship between a cause and its effect, so-called causality. But precisely becoming aware of the lack of such causality is also an important competency for the art of interpretation. If we look at the interpretation of facts and data in the current corona crisis, we see that, due to a... read more...
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Freedom: groupthinking and independent thinking
by Mieke Mosmuller
25-02-2021 2 comments
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We are increasingly seeing that individual people with strong opinions are, it seems, easily persuaded to conform to the prevailing idea of a group. Of course, it could be the advancing insight of that individual that makes him or her change their mind, but there are plenty of examples where the debate takes an unexpectedly surp... read more...
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COVID-19: humanity under siege
by Mieke Mosmuller
11-02-2021 11 comments
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The NOS published a report on an article that appeared in the German newspaper ‘Die Welt’ about released emails from March and April 2020 showing that government leaders asked questions to scientists in order to get a mental grip on the situation, which could help to plan measures of a preventive and repressive natur... read more...
