It was chilly again today. We had a very sudden flip from hot summery weather to cold wintery weather in the space of about a week. Today really felt more like a winter day than autumn. There’s already been snow on the mountains. But at the same time we have a tropical cyclone threatening to hit Western Australia as a category 4 storm some time tomorrow. (That’s a very very long way from me, thankfully, and in a mostly uninhabited part of the country.)
Today was my first day back at teaching ethics online, after my COVID and Easter break. I still have a bit of a cough but it’s improving daily, and didn’t affect my classes too much this evening. Although it is definitely more of a problem when I’m speaking, rather than just sitting quietly. The topic for this week is “Trusting Experts”, and we examine the idea of what makes someone an expert and should we trust experts more than average people, and why. And also ponder why in some cases people, or governments especially, don’t trust expert advice.
I also spent some time doing part 2 of cleaning the kitchen, involving moving stuff around and cleaning underneath things, and so on. It’s all done now, and I feel much better abut it because it was long overdue, especially judging by some of the dust I found!
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