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Thoughtlets .iii.
I worry a little that, in this politically charged environment particularly, when someone urges you to ‘be your authentic self’ she means ‘come out here where I can get you’. Continue reading
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Thoughtlets .i.
Self-help books are written by people offering guidance and advice to others, so in which sense are self-help books SELF help? Continue reading
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Saturday Morning Pam-Toons. One Day at the Bookstore.
See also, Pam-toons. It’s all your fault. Continue reading
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Saturday Morning Pam-Toons. Mrs. Zeno’s Paradox.
More Saturday Morning Pam-Toons, A Speakeasy in the Age of Prohibition Cell Phone Chain Gang Buridan’s Ass Descartes in an Oven Continue reading
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Saturday Morning Pam-Toons. Wittgenstein’s Revenge.
Lewis Caroll, Through the Looking Glass, Chapter VI, Humpty Dumpty. (1871) Dedicated to Donald Davidson. See also, Pam-Toons.Truth Setting You Free? It’s all your fault. Continue reading
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Saturday Morning Pam-Toons. Truth sets you free?
TRUTH. IT’S TRUE. TELL THE TRUTH. I’M TELLING THE TRUTH. YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH. YOU CAN HAVE THE TRUTH WHEN YOU PRY IT OUT OF MY COLD, DEAD HANDS. TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE. THE TRUTH AS I SEE IT. TRUE FOR YOU, BUT NOT FOR ME. TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE. BE Continue reading
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We Habitually Dehumanize Each Other. So what?
“And since my moral system rests on my accepted version of the facts, he who denies either my moral judgments or my version of the facts, is to me perverse, alien, dangerous.” Lippmann, Walter. Public Opinion. Dover Publications, 2004. (Original: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1922.) p 69 Dehumanizing others is a move we often attribute to Continue reading
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Myopia.
Sometimes we’re so pre-occupied by nurturing grudges with our enemies, we fail to notice opportunities for friendships. Continue reading
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