If you want to know the truth about what is going on in your world, you need to get interested in ideas. If you care about what is going to happen in the future, if you care about freedom, peace and prosperity; you must enter the realm of, and deal with, ideas. Ideas are powerful, big or small, they motivate people, … [Read more...] about Ideas – Why they matter, and why you should be interested in them
You Have Free Will
One of the key foundational idea that must necessarily underpin the concept of truth for it to have meaning, is to accept that you are a being of volitional consciousness. This means that you have the capacity to make choices, evaluate options and decide what course of action to take in any given circumstances. One of … [Read more...] about You Have Free Will
Ep 165 – Epistemology: the fundamentals of how to know what’s true
We all need a means to validate what we claim as our knowledge. We need to know how to know things, how to achieve certainty that the ideas we hold and act on, are valid and true. We don’t have automatic knowledge, but we require knowledge in order to act successfully. Hence our need for a means of validating any and … [Read more...] about Ep 165 – Epistemology: the fundamentals of how to know what’s true
15 Common myths about thinking
Life within the Matrix is full of myths that are simply misinformation and un-truth masquerading as legitimate different perspectives. It is the challenge of modern living to sift the truth from the un-truth. Thinking is the way out of the Matrix since it is the only way to decypher the many modern myths and discern … [Read more...] about 15 Common myths about thinking
Ep 164 – Questioning the need for vitamin supplements – with Daniel Roytas
Taking supplements is something many health conscious people do. It is often thought that essential vitamins supplements are worth adding to our diets because our food is depleted of nutrients after decades of modern farming methods. On the face of it, this seems a reasonable assumption - until you scratch beneath the … [Read more...] about Ep 164 – Questioning the need for vitamin supplements – with Daniel Roytas
Ep 163 – Climate Catastrophe, Magnetic Excursions, and Solar Flares – with David (Diamond) Mauriello
Imminent climate disaster is what we are told lies ahead! But not much reasoning is offered. We simply hear the same old worn out assertions repeated again and again, a simple form of communication for a dumbed down population. Phrases like "the science is settled" are rolled out to convince those who have no … [Read more...] about Ep 163 – Climate Catastrophe, Magnetic Excursions, and Solar Flares – with David (Diamond) Mauriello
Ep 162 – Inconsistent Epistemology with Dr Andrew Kaufman
It has always been important to be able to accurately discern which claims are true and which are false. We humans need knowledge of reality in order to know how to act, so we can lead successful lives. This means we need to have a means of validating the ideas we hold to be true. We need to be able to check the … [Read more...] about Ep 162 – Inconsistent Epistemology with Dr Andrew Kaufman
Why is our western culture falling apart?
In my circle of family and friends I see the signs. My wife and I have 3 surviving parents - all of them are in hospital. My step-sons father has just had surgery on his shoulder. I have many acquaintances with back problems and various ailments. I don't know anyone other than myself and my children who are fully … [Read more...] about Why is our western culture falling apart?
Ep 161 – Team NO VIRUS: Settling the virus debate
In this episode of Living outside the Matrix, we bring you a panel of UK-based thinkers that are challenging the official dogma on viruses. In spite of widespread belief to the contrary, viruses have never been proven to exist, as such. No controlled experiments have properly isolated them, and they have never been … [Read more...] about Ep 161 – Team NO VIRUS: Settling the virus debate
Ep 160 – Dangerous False Ideas (Part 2)
In part one I talked about the proliferation of bad (false) that dominate western culture. These false ideas (any false idea) cannot possibly lead to success, only to failure and suffering. My focus here today is to identify more of the fundamental ideas that shape our thinking, our values, our choices and the way we … [Read more...] about Ep 160 – Dangerous False Ideas (Part 2)