site map for abelard.org

on logic, Aristotle and Kurt Gödel

• Why Aristotelian logic does not work
  The confusions of Gödel (Metalogic A):
• A1: Gödel and sound sets
• A2: Gödel and sound numbers
• A3: Gödel and the ‘paradoxes’
• A4: The return of the Gödel

on A.M. Turing

• The Turing test and intelligence
• Computing machinery and intelligence - A.M. Turing, 1950
• On computable numbers, with an  application to the  Entscheidungsproblem - A.M. Turing, 1936
• Metalogic B: Decision processes

intelligence and statistics

• Intelligence: misuse and abuse of statistics
• Is Intelligence Distributed Normally? By Cyril Burt, 1963
• Cause, chance and Bayesian statistics

franchise and citizenship

• introduction to franchise discussion documents
• Franchise by examination, education and intelligence
• Curious Republic of Gondour by Mark Twain
• from Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
• Kantsaywhere by Francis Galton
• from In the Wet by Neville Shute

• Citizenship curriculum

establishment psycho-bunk:

1. – ‘lie detection’
2. – Ritalin and junk science
3. – ‘dyslexia’
4. – repressed memory

psycho-bunk:

5. – what is memory, or intelligence? Incautious claims of ‘IQ’ genes

sloppy logic

• denialism
• ends and means and the individual
• categories, analogy and reification

living in our world

• Laying the foundations for sound education
• Drugs, smoking and addiction
• Children and television violence
• Loud music and hearing damage
• Orange is tertiary: the theory of colour
• Statistical inquiries into the efficacy of prayer: Francis Galton
• Human classification systems—taxonomy
• Memory, paranoia and paradigms
• the anthropic principle, or what if the universe was not the way it is

at the maths zone -
sums will set you free

• the sum of a geometric sequence: or the arithmetic of fractional banking
• calculating moving averages
  
  
• how to teach your child number arithmetic mathematics - introduction [with links to following pages]

from ablelard

• why i use a non-standard layout

on Barak Obama

• who is obama?
• obama - judgment and experience
• what’s really going on in obama’s head?

Pierre/Peter Abelard, his history, writings and influence

• Abelard of Le Pallet, introduction
• “Logic has made me hated among men”: Abelard of Le Pallet on theology
• On aliquid by Roland, Pope Alexander III
• The rise and fall of the Church of Rome
• ‘Heresy’, authority, quarrels and words

• Herds and the individual - sociology, the ephemeral nature of groups
• counting beliefs - irrational associations
• The logic of ethics with commentary on the ethical teaching of Abelard le Pallet
• Feedback and crowding
• Reality, laying the foundations for sound education
• Categories, analogy and reification

energy and global warming - complete list here

1. replacing fossil fuels: the scale of the problem
2. is nuclear power really really dangerous?
3. replacements for fossil fuels—what can be done about it?
   3a Biofuels   3b Photovoltaics (solar cells)
   3c Non-pv (photovoltaic) solar technology
   3d Tar sands and shale oil    3e Wind power
4. Global warming
   4a Anthropogenic global warming, and ocean acidity
   4b Energy pricing and greenwash
   4c How atmospheric chemistry and physics effects global warming
   4d Antarctica melting ice, sea levels, water and weather implications
   4e Gathering data to test global warming
   4f Arctic melting ice, sea levels
   4g Shifting global weather patterns
5. energy economics and fossil fuels—how long do we have?
6. Ionising radiation and health—risk analysis
7. Transportable fuels
   7a Fuel cells
8. Distributed energy systems and micro-generation
   8a Geothermal systems and heat exchangers
   8b Combined energy systems
9. Fossil fuel disasters

sustainable futures

• comparing fertility rates and populations in europe and beyond
• On housing and making living systems ecological
• Living in containers - modern prefab homes
• non-pv (photovoltaic) solar technology
• Land conservation and food production
• Sustainable manufacture
• Tragedy of the commons
• Ecologically collapsing and retrenching civilisations: written sources
• Books on energy replacements - reviews

information and reference

• Architectural wonders and joys at www.abelard.org
• Index of information tables
• Information tables
• World information & data resources
• Index of book reviews by abelard and others

on Socialism

• For Socialism and Peace: the Labour Party's Programme of Action, 1934
• German bad faith between the wars: Socialism and appeasement
• The Communist Solar System
  
  
• fascism is socialism
• socialism and warm feelings

on Adolph/Adolf Hitler

• the psychology and development of Adolph Hitler Schicklgruber
• Did Hitler know about the holocaust? A psychological assessment

on Henry Ford

• Henry Ford, ignorant genius - introduction
• Henry Ford, ruthless business manipulator
• Henry Ford, mechanical man - Model T, modern times
• Quotes by and about Henry Ford

selected authors

• The psychology of Rex Stout, Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin
• Profession: Isaac Asimov
• And then there were none: Eric Frank Russell
• brer fox, brer rabbit and the briar patch

economics,money and finance

• The mechanics of inflation: the great government swindle and how it works
• EMU (European Monetary Union) and inflation – a civil liberty issue
• GDP and other quality of life measurements
• Transferring value (money) using the internet
• e-gold: a developing example of an independent monetary system
• moneybookers, a non -goldbased value transfer system
• PayPal and Billpoint - more detailed information
• credit card frequently asked questions
• Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac - a history
• Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac - the best politicians money can buy?
• Fanny Mae and freddie mac - clearing up the mess
• Fannie Mae / Freddie Mac - a summary

• Authoritarianism and liberty
• The just war
• Corporate corruption, politics and the ‘law’
• down3
• Socialist religions
• Citizen’s wage
• British establishment political intolerance during the 20th century: rule 18B and 18B(1a) the example of Diana and Oswald Mosley
• Oswald Mosley, Britain’s very own national socialist
• Power, ownership and freedom
• Islamic authoritarianism
• The nature of cult recruitment - jihadi bombers
• ‘Cocksure young men’
  
  
• understanding the current political world

teaching reading

• how to teach a child to read using phonics
• a phonetics chart for british english
• Reading and vocabulary tests, and related information

selected quotations

• selected sayings from abelard
• quotations at www.abelard.org
• H L Mencken
• Ronald Reagan
• George Orwell
• Winston Churchill
• Donald Rumsfeld
• John Maynard Keynes

Spain

• Barcelona and St George
• Antoni Gaudí: architecture in Barcelona
• Sagrada Família, the architecture of Antoni Gaudí



• la Vuelta a Espana, 2012 - climber's paradise
• a climber’s race - La Vuelta a Espana 2011
• Vuelta a Espana, 2010 - an eco-tour
  
  
• Franco was not a Fascist

Italy

• il Giro d'Italia 2012 - the need for speed
• il Giro d’Italia 2011 - Italian unity Tour

Japan

• Japanese electoral politics in the context of Koizumi and postal privatisation
• yasukuni shrine and the state of far east relations