Journalist, author, philosophiser, seeking The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. In his speech, the President criticised what he called a deep anti-intellectualism in the media and a lack of critical thinking in schools and society. The challenges of the next decade simply cannot be met with the old orthodoxies. The full report is here. There was also this Editorial.

Counter Poor Numeracy with Classroom Teaching Resources. National Numeracy, a new charity set up to promote maths skills in the UK, has said that poor numeracy blights the economy and ruins lives , according to a story from the BBC. Apparently, millions of people have problems doing everyday numerical tasks, from understanding bills to reading a bus timetable.

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Random ramblings, ficcings, and some occasional art. I saw Spider-Man 3 on opening night. God, Gwen Stacy got raped in that movie.