In other news, The Independent cheerfully reproduces the UN’s forecast of an early end to civilization:

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/the-planets-future-climate-change-will-cause-civilisation-to-collapse-1742759.html

I have yet to read the report, but the news article suggests it smacks of the presupposition that society needs to be managed if it is to survive, a very old lie discussed before (search the site for Popper).

I’ll give you a final verdict when I’ve finished, but am finding it quite entertaining.

Although I can find fault with many of his lines of argument, if all politicians and most voters gave half as much thought to their arguments as he does, we wouldn’t need political parties. I’ll finish it sometime this week