Through aimless contemplation I have become increasingly more symphathetic to left wing policies. However, my arguments for it are to be found in conservatism and the critique of liberals of liberalism, such as John Gray’s. There is no grand solution. Only temporary remedies.

The collapse of centre-left to centre-right is ridicously apparent today. And they just dont get it. They have to change their vision and strategie to form a viable alternative to the new-right and hyber-liberal. Just saying “we need more of the same” is a insane strategy!

As a former militiant atheist I think that atheism is the most banal and least sophisticated religion. Especially the believe in inescapable progress.

Reading Tom Holland Dominion makes me realise that I am the offspring of Christianity. All of my views and beliefs rest on Christian assumptions. I would like to go back in time and tell my 20 year old self this shocking revelation!

New BCP First View paper: Low self-esteem: a refined cognitive behavioural model Full free text at cambridge.org/core/journals/… #cbtworks ⁦BABCP⁩ ⁦@KatharineRimes⁩ ⁦Paul Salkovskis⁩ mastodon.social/@theCBTJournal…

New BCP FirstView paper: What if we have too many models of worry and GAD? Full free text at cambridge.org/core/journals/… #cbtworks #GAD ⁦BABCP⁩ mastodon.social/@theCBTJournal…

The problem with the naive-libertarian-conspiracy-theorist cluster is that they hold two incompatible central beliefs. Governments are: + incompetent & incapable of delivering stuff + capable of executing an intricate conspiracy to secretly control you

1/6. Those who claim there is a mental health crisis of teens from social media will have to reckon w/ this study: Claims to be FIRST study to use psych interviews. Plus, teens followed over years AND they parsed 2 types of social media usage. Jonathan Haidt sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Another well-designed RCT for neuromodulatory treatment for depression that fails to demonstrate benefit but shows evidence of harm: thelancet.com/journals/lance…

You build a virtuous system focusing on human vices; you build a vicious system focusing on human virtues.

🚨new paper🚨 In this study, we asked handgun owners who carry, handgun owners who don’t carry, and non-owners to complete a baseline assessment and 28 days of EMA. Here’s what we found: /1 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Researchers from Oxford and University of Leicester have found blood clots during #COVID19 may cause ongoing cognitive problems. Symptoms include serious and persistent problems with thinking, concentration and memory. More info ⬇️ ox.ac.uk/news/2023-09-0…

Work under the assumption that every think tank employee is just a lobbyist.

Absolutely masterful interview on Gaza of Dominique De Villepin, former Prime Minister of France, who famously led France's opposition to the Iraq war and who, IMHO is the best diplomat the West has produced in decades. This is so important, so incredibly well argued, that I

Tom Holland I feel many conservatives who champion Dominion miss the fact that the 'woke mind virus' they are trying to fight is precisely a product of the 'Judeo Christian' (a kind word for mutated Protestantism) values that they claim make the west different from everywhere else.

BCP New FirstView paper: How effective psychological treatments work: mechanisms of change in cognitive behavioural therapy and beyond Full free text at buff.ly/41LLmkq #CBTworks #therapy #psychotherapy

The irony of Brexit is that it has revealed how the left/centre has adopted crony global capitalism. And they don't understand it.

A lot of people seem to confuse being clever with being right. Clever people have not, by default, the right opinion.

When I see newsflash about that anxiety "changes" brains I feel like that the title could be "Being alive changes your brain". No relevance.