“Peace, love, flower power, let’s all get along!” Ohhhh hippies, love them or firehose them, there’s always a few hanging around ready to braid your hair and offer you a “complimentary hug”. But flowers are not the innocent beauties people make them out to be. They deceive, they beguile and they manipulate. Nowhere is this […]
– “All I’m offering is the truth, nothing more. You take the blue pill, the story ends. You wake up in your bed and believe, whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.” – You live in a construct. […]
The art of deception: Mimicry and camouflage Camouflage and mimicry. Two key strategies built on deception, and present in a surprising number of rainforest residents. Each tactic can be simplified and distilled to one or two key ideas, but I am not going to do that. These are rich, complex and endlessly fascinating topics deserving […]
