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    Pearls of Wosdom: The Wosdom Series, #3
    Pearls of Wosdom: The Wosdom Series, #3
    Pearls of Wosdom: The Wosdom Series, #3
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    Pearls of Wosdom: The Wosdom Series, #3

    By Robert Jameson

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    The key to intelligence is to be able to overcome the prejudices of the society we live in and thus free our minds to think beyond what society assumes to be correct and beyond what it deems to be 'acceptable.' Pearls of Wosdom, like the other books in the series, offers a selection of opinion pieces illustrating how intelligent thinking has almost nothing to do with political-correctness. Please note that the Wosdom books can be read in any order. Warning: Contains opinions some may find offensive!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRobert Jameson
    Release dateFeb 16, 2012
    ISBN9781501402616
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      Pearls of Wosdom - Robert Jameson

      Warning and Disclaimer:

      Please note that this book contains ideas, opinions and very strong language which some people may find offensive. It's a freedom of speech thing! Please also note that this is a book of opinions and that NONE of the contents of this book are intended to be read as statements of fact. Even when something appears to be being presented as a fact, it is actually just an opinion - and possibly one based upon a complete absence of any scientific research whatsoever.

      Preface

      I believe that the key to intelligence is to be able to overcome the prejudices of the society we live in and thus free our minds to think beyond what society assumes to be correct and beyond what it deems to be 'acceptable.'

      My previous Wosdom books, 'Here is Wosdom' and 'Seeking Wosdom,' each offered a selection of opinion pieces designed to promote intelligence by asking the reader to question the socially-acceptable and politically-correct assumptions our society prefers us not to question.

      In this book, 'Pearls of Wosdom,' I offer some more opinion pieces with the same aim. As always, it should be noted that these opinions do not necessarily reflect my own personal views. They are simply opinions designed to provoke some intelligent thought and encourage you to question some things that you might never previously have questioned.

      As with the other Wosdom books, the chapters in this book are in no particular sequence and can be read in any order you choose.

      I hope you find this book to be an interesting addition to the series.

      Robert Jameson

      Ensure

      'Ensure' appears to be a mighty popular word these days. Whenever there's a terrorist attack, an appalling crime, an example of abuse, a medical blunder or even a simple bureaucratic oversight, politicians, campaigners and commentators pop up to say that we must 'ensure' such an incident never occurs again.

      Now there's nothing wrong with trying to learn lessons from a mistake. We may be able to make it so that further unfortunate events are less likely - we can have an effect on the probabilities involved. But ensure? No, we can't do that and it's a complete lie to say that we can. We may reduce the frequency with which accidents, crimes and oversights occur - but we can never get rid of them.

      On a practical level, if you try to ensure such things never occur, you generally come unstuck against the problem of diminishing returns.

      The first steps you take to reduce accidents or crimes can often be quite cheap and very effective in reducing the frequency with which they occur, but the next steps are often rather more expensive and rather less effective. Additional steps are increasingly less cost-effective.

      This makes sense as, if you are sensible, you start with the steps which make the biggest difference for the lowest cost. If you get additional resources, you can take further steps, but it may not be long before you are taking measures that have only a very marginal effect.

      Indeed, there often comes a point where additional measures have no net benefit whatsoever. They may help in some ways, but inadvertently hinder the achievement of other objectives. After this point, the disadvantages of any additional measures outweigh the benefits. You've reduced the incidence of unfortunate occurrences as much as you reasonably can.

      And yet, even at or far beyond this point, we're still bombarded with these claims that we must ensure this, that and the other never occurs again.

      The biggest problem with this approach is not, however, its ineffectiveness and the huge resources that are wasted in pursuit of an unobtainable objective. The biggest problem is that the attempts to 'ensure' no oversights, accidents, crimes or terror attacks ever occur, result in the erosion or destruction of many of our freedoms.

      To counter highlighted threats and dangers, new regulations, restrictions, licences, schemes and vetting procedures are proposed on an almost constant basis. So many intrusive state policies are marketed and sold on the basis that they are supposed to 'ensure' something or other - but it's all lies! None of it is going to 'ensure' one fucking thing!

      'Ensure' would require doing everything possible to reduce the risks we face, no matter what that involved, right down to having everyone locked down in a Stalinist state, 'for their own safety' - but, even if you were mad enough to actually do that, you still cannot 'ensure' crimes or accidents never occur! Ensure? Don't talk bollocks, you utter twat!

      The Jury System

      We're used to people eulogising the wonders of the jury system - and it is true that, in some cases, the jury system plays a key part in preventing injustices taking place. Few people, however, stop to question the blandly positive view of the jury system they've been indoctrinated to accept.

      It is not just that there are clear cases of injustice that can and do happen when juries are used. In many ways, the jury system itself is utterly preposterous - but our society is so used to this system, that few people ever get around to properly examining it and to realising that it isn't a particularly principled system and is a very long way from being a perfect system.

      You can have a court case nearing conclusion. The prosecution and defence have presented their evidence and summed up their respective cases - and you can sit back and say, 'Well, clearly there is reasonable doubt here. This man may be innocent.'

      The jury then pops out and comes back with a guilty verdict in complete contradiction to the evidence and don't have to explain themselves whatsoever! How the fuck is that justice?

      The defence in a trial will suggest that there is reasonable doubt in the prosecution case. Surely, if a jury finds someone guilty, they should have to explain why they dismissed those doubts as 'unreasonable.' Then, if a defendant can show their reasoning to be flawed, he can appeal against the verdict on those grounds.

      For all we know, under the current system, the jury could have gone into the jury room and all agreed that, "These black people -

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