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Reflections on the principles and practice of education, and more generally on humanity and its foibles. Focusing on religion, bad science, public policy and other manifestations of human irrationality.

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  1. Zuma’s Spear and the distractions of “culture”

    An op-ed first published in the print edition of the Cape Argus, 22 May 2012 It’s always a mistake to think any particular source a reliable barometer of South African opinion. Each of them represents a self-selected audience, and evolve in ways that tend...

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