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A journey of discovery of what makes us who we are and the choices we make through topical issues

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Learning from the Wood Mouse (repeat)

Friday Nov 05, 2021

Learning from the Wood Mouse (repeat)

Friday Nov 05, 2021

One of the problems for humans and the planet is that we have isolated ourselves from our ecosystem. Yet,  our activity impacts the global climate and habitats. For example, unlike Apodemus sylvaticus, we destroy more of our forests than we plant. In addition, we deplete the world's freshwater with our increasing demand for crops and our unregulated world trade. Is this the best we can do with our 'intelligence'? Or have we much to learn from the wood mouse? 

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Ecological Intelligence - from ants to birds and plants

Friday Oct 29, 2021

Ecological Intelligence - from ants to birds and plants

Friday Oct 29, 2021

All life demonstrates ecological intelligence, an ability to solve problems as groups or as ecological systems.  This is seen in the behaviour of birds migrating, ants foraging and plants growing and spreading their seed.  Life is on the move, a continuous and directed motion. 

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Weekly Magazine Episode 2 Bad growth pollutes the planet

Monday Jul 23, 2018

Weekly Magazine Episode 2 Bad growth pollutes the planet

Monday Jul 23, 2018

The Thin End considers how growth has become a political mantra and how bad trade pollutes the planet and fuels climate change, and the suggestion that there should be carbon taxes.  

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The Thin End Weekly Magazine Episode 1

Monday Jul 16, 2018

The Thin End Weekly Magazine Episode 1

Monday Jul 16, 2018

A weekly round up of news and views on topical issues appearing in The Thin End Magazine.  This week:  Invasive Rabbits and Hares, pesticides and hummingbirds, Invasive mosquitos, abortion law reform in the UK, and controversl new blood pressure guidelines. 

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Brexit won't save the planet

Thursday Jun 28, 2018

Brexit won't save the planet

Thursday Jun 28, 2018

Brexit isn't an ideal.  It might break the cosy economic and political illusion that all growth and trade is good.  But there is little thinking behind it.  It won't lead to better trade.  It won't save our planet.  

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Learning from the Wood Mouse

Wednesday Jun 20, 2018

Learning from the Wood Mouse

Wednesday Jun 20, 2018

One of the problems for humans, and for the planet, is that we have isolated ourselves from our ecosystem. Yet,  our activity impacts on the global climate and on habitats.  Unlike  Apodemus sylvaticus, we destroy more of our forests than we plant, and we deplete the worlds fresh water with our increasing demand for crops and our unregulated world trade. Is this really the best we can do with our 'intelligence'? Or have we much to learn from the wood mouse? 

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The NHS Saved My Life

Friday Jun 01, 2018

The NHS Saved My Life

Friday Jun 01, 2018

Ray Noble tells how the NHS saved his life and considers the benefits of the British National Health Serivice.  He argues why markets alone are insufficient to meet needs.  The NHS is already being adversely affected by Brexit with worstenng staff shortages leading to delays and longer waiting lists. The NHS has been starved of adequate finding, and public service provision has been blighted by an eroneous faith in markets as a miraculous solution to meeting needs. 

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Why I can't be cloned

Thursday Jan 25, 2018

Why I can't be cloned

Thursday Jan 25, 2018

With news of monkeys being cloned in a Chinese laboratory, Ray Noble considers whether it is possible to clone a given human being.  

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We are not in our genes

Tuesday Jan 23, 2018

We are not in our genes

Tuesday Jan 23, 2018

We hear often the phrase 'in the genes'. But we are not in our genes.  Our attributes are often considered to be partitioned between genetic and environement.  But this is a false dichotomy.  Ray Noble considers what makes us who we are. 

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Dialogue with Samuel Shem - House of God Revisited

Friday Jan 19, 2018

Dialogue with Samuel Shem - House of God Revisited

Friday Jan 19, 2018

Ray Noble talks to Samuel Shem, the acclaimed author of The House of God. The House of God, published in 1978, has in many ways become a cult book in the medical profession. It follows a group of medical interns at Beth Israel Hospital over the course of a year in the early 1970s, focusing on the psychological harm and dehumanization caused by their residency training.  For this dialogue we took the opportunity to catch up with Samuel Shem when he visited Oxford last year.  We hope to have a more extensive interview with Samuel Shem in the near future. 

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