Joe Humphreys
Assistant News Editor at Irish Times
Irish Times journalist, author & producer of @IrishTimes Unthinkable philosophy column #andacyclist. 42 is not the meaning of life but what is?
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1 week ago |
irishtimes.com | Joe Humphreys
Easter Sunday celebrates the raising of Jesus from the dead after his crucifixion. The occasion marks the promise of life after death for us and our loved ones. That may seem unlikely from a scientific viewpoint. However, those who reject the idea of afterlife are, globally speaking, a clear minority.
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2 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Joe Humphreys
One of many disturbing aspects of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine is how little the huge number of Russian casualties weighs upon the mind of President Vladimir Putin. Data analysed by the BBC estimates that more than 95,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in the first three years of the invasion.
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3 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Joe Humphreys
The “80/20 rule” plays a key part in the Netflix series Adolescence. It says 80 per cent of women are attracted to 20 per cent of men, meaning if you’re male and you fall outside that magic one-fifth, you’re destined to be an incel or “involuntary celibate”. Only it’s not a rule at all. It’s a bit of pseudoscience that draws upon the Pareto principle from business management.
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1 month ago |
irishtimes.com | Joe Humphreys
Sympathies to Garron Noone. He can’t have expected when he posted a video last week saying he prefers not to discuss politics on TikTok “because I don’t think it’s f**king useful” that he’d become the pin-up boy of the Conor McGregor fan club. Noone has charmed the nation with his absurdist clips about all things Irish. But he deactivated his social media accounts in the wake of publishing that immigration-themed video. At the time of writing, it’s unclear why.
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1 month ago |
irishtimes.com | Joe Humphreys
What would Donogh O’Malley make of it? Sixty years after he introduced free second-level education in Ireland, hundreds of Irish teenagers are paying €11,000 a year for the pleasure of sitting the Leaving Cert. Yes, it’s boom time for grind schools. The Dublin Academy of Education recently announced an expansion of its operations under a €7 million investment. Its main competitor the Institute of Education is oversubscribed.
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Down with postmodernism and its capitalist agents! Today's #Unthinkable #philosophy column with Prof John Divers @TCDphilosophy on Zuckerberg, 'epistemological anarchy' & objective truth https://t.co/RtLyDpzGnO
Gambling recklessly with people’s futures is incompatible with social justice. Philosopher John Rawls showed this in theory. Tech giants, crypto 'innovators' & their hired hands in politics are showing it in practice, with potentially ruinous consequences. https://t.co/yeL5wSKzAj