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

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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 Intrinsically Unjust — and Hiding in Plain Sight

The accounting wasn’t correct. It was not Jo Hamilton.
The judge asked: ‘What are you doing in my courtroom?
Why did you plead guilty to a serious criminal offense?

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…

Educational: This video is essential viewing Dr Paul Duckett

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

Educational: This video is essential viewing Dr Paul Duckett

A full timeline of the Post Office Scandal | Stories of Our Times


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11 jan 2024 Stories of our Times | PODCAST

The Prime Minister has announced new legislation to quash the convictions of wrongly accused subpostmasters. It comes after a groundswell of interest – and outrage – in the story after an ITV drama was broadcast last week. How did a TV show achieve what years of journalism and a public inquiry had failed to? And what next for the convicted subpostmasters?

This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.

Guest: Tom Witherow, news and special projects reporter, The Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Clips: Times Radio, ITV, Parliament, Talk TV, GMB.

Email us: storiesofourtimes@thetimes.co.uk

UK Post Office Scandal – Vennells vs van den Bogerd: professionalism?


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10 jun 2024

** Apologies my microphone was facing the wrong way!. Next video will have amazing sound because I’ll turn the microphone the right way around! But if you think I sound better back to front, let me know in the comments and I’ll keep things as is 🙂 **

I contrast the performances of Paula Vennells and Angelda van den Bogerd at the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry and reflect on what their behaviour tells us about professionalism. I consider how their particular version of professionalism impacted the UK post office scandal.

00:00 – Start
01:46 – Blaming the Victim: Community and Critical Psychology
02:13 – Paula Vennells: The performance
03:45 – Giving nothing away
05:42 – The meanings of professionalism
08:56 – Is it wrong to be objective?
11:26 – Final word from Sir Wyn Williams

NOTE: In the UK, I am called a ‘Critical Psychologist’. In Australia, which is where I presently live, the title ‘psychologist’ is a protected title used to denote psychologists who are registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). I am not registered as a psychologist with AHPRA as I am not a qualified health practitioner – I am an academic and social activitist and I do not offer psychological services, I offer critical and political analysis to benefit those working to create progressive social change.

The Real Mr and Mrs Bates: Their Truth Behind Taking on The Post Office | This Morning

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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