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Misleading Headline Forces Americans to Eat Children
People read headlines and think they are reading the News. That may have worked in the 20th Century, but that was before we learned about click bait. Today, even sites that used to offer actual news have taken to making … Continue reading
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A Proposal for Affordable College for All
I first floated this idea to friends and strangers a few years ago, and I actually heard echoes of the same idea from a talking head on Fox news about a year and a half ago, but no fire has … Continue reading
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On Affirming the Consequent
Most people are capable of using logic. Most people, however, don’t know why or how the logic works, because they just use the language which evolved to include logical constructs. We have no problem understanding simple things like the statement … Continue reading
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The Wussy Effect
The talk for today is about the effect of spineless behavior on the world around us. This idea started to gel for me recently while I was attempting to play an online game. With a little observation, you can tell … Continue reading
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Prophecy, History and Self-Made Men
As often happens to me, I run into similar patterns in dissimilar areas that get me thinking. The most recent round of these has to do with the way we develop confidence in what we believe, leading to a number … Continue reading
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What Do You Mean When You Say “Never Forget”?
On this anniversary of the September 11 attacks, we once again hear the phrase that was so often repeated ten years ago: “Never Forget!” I believe we owe it to those who died that day to remember who they were … Continue reading
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