The New Ideas Blog

The idea of disposable religions came to me during a conversation about the difference between spirituality and religiousness. It seems that whatever the spiritual origin is, a religion cannot help but become stifling and anti-spiritual. A true spirituality should allow for truth to enter whatever it is, after all, and religions uniformly claim a final and unchanging undertstanding of the truth.

The dilemma here is that it’s helpful for people to join together to share love, lessons, and teachings, but any regular gathering based on spiritual ideas has the tendency to (more…)

Note: The following is a quick rewrite from my site www.TheSecretInformationSite.com.

You may think you’re getting the true election results when you watch the evening news. You might think that outright lies from reporters are uncommon. They probably are rare. But there are many ways to hide the truth without lying.

News networks report their “projections” long before the votes are counted, so there is room for error. But that’s not what I’m talking about here. The fact is that (more…)

Here are two more random ideas that I have been playing with, starting with an invention idea for insect control.

The Bug Vacuum

I was once in a Bonanza Restaurant in the upper peninsula of Michigan, and they actually had a “bug zapper” inside. It’s distasteful enough to have listen to insects being electrocuted outside on a patio, and to have a pile of dead bug bodies below the zapper, but inside a restaurant? In any case, I recalled this the other day and it got me thinking about what kind of devices could be used to control flies and other flying insects inside buildings.

The “Bug Vacuum” would be a relatively simple device that detects an insect near the entrance and then (more…)

Note: This post on political manipulation is a quick rewrite of a page from my website www.RadicalNewThoughts.com

There is an old joke that starts by asking you, “Have you stopped beating your wife yet?” Whether you answer yes or no it sounds like you are admitting to being a wife beater. It’s a practical joke based on the use of an implicit premise - that you beat your wife. The technique is used for more than a laugh though. It’s also a favorite of politicians, who use it to manipulate public opinion.

You see, political manipulation is accomplished by (more…)