Critical Thinking on Intrinsically Unjust Systems

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Explore thought-provoking insights on systems inherently designed to perpetuate injustice, challenging societal structures and advocating for change.

1 Seeing through the surface: When accepted norms conceal deeper truths.

Post Office Scandal – Gareth Jenkins

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14 jul 2024

Some critical analysis on what might have been revealed by Gareth Jenkins’ testimony to the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry.
00:00 – Start
02:10 – Dirty wizard or
absent-minded
professor
05:55 – 1. Move fast and break things
09:31 – 2. The moralisation of technology
11:46 – 3. Computer code is moral code
17:14 – Conclusion

Educational

At minute 18: moral code

Ex-Post Office boss cornered over possible cover-up of Horizon scandal in Inquiry hearing

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2 Judgment versus Knowledge: The Pitfall of the Obvious
3 It’s Plain as Day

Former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells refuses to comment on whether she misled parliament

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Secret tape reveals Paula Vennells was told of faulty Horizon software | ITV News

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Post Office Scandal – can’t remember, don’t care

 
21 jul 2024
 
This video give you a helpful hint as to what to shout at your telly if you get grumpy at a witness at the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry because you think they are lying. Sure, you can shout out liar, liar, pants on fire, but I have something that might work even better… all revealed in this video 🙂

Post Office Inquiry – Closing Day One

 


31 dec 2024
My response to the closing statements of lawyers representing subpostmasters at the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry in the UK. What I think was behind the statements of Mr Henry and Mr Stein.
00:00 – Start
01:34 – Mr Beer’s Opener
05:19 – Mr Henry’s Statement
21:36 – Guilt vs Shame
26:44 – Conclusion

A link to a paper on how Japan has been described as a shame culture:

https://journals.lww.com/academicmedi…

Psychology, Plagiarism and the Post Office Scandal Part 4 (finale)

 

11 mrt 2024 #criticalthinking #postoffice #plagiarism

00:00 – Start
01:13 – Thinking Critically
02:26 – The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act
06:02 – The Post Office Legacy – Crime Fighters
09:06 – Lesson 1: a different type of critical thinking
14:01 – Lesson 2: a different type of plagiarism
21:49 – The Exception: kinda
31:41 – Our Moral Response: How psychology gets in the way

Psychology, Plagiarism and the Post Office Scandal Part 3

 

24 feb 2024

This is the third of my four part series looking at the post office scandal. In this video I talk a bit more about who sub postmasters are, a bit more about what the Horizon system was and how one sub postmaster pushed back.
This is the final piece of the jigsaw and prepares us for part 4 where I connect to psychology and how we teach at university.
00:00 – Start
04:10 – What is a sub postmaster
08:09 – The Horizon System

Hyacinth Sends Richard Up a Tree | Keeping Up Appearances

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30 sep 2020
 
Hyacinth is keen to locate some Iron Age remains, so naturally, asks Richard to climb a tree to locate a likely spot. Keeping up Appearances Season 3 Episode 2

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