Heads, I Win . . . There Is No Other Side of the Coin
2022-02-07 – We had a conversation with a COVID vaccine “skeptic.” This person is not an anti-vaxxer. She and her family are vaccinated. But she’s “done.” She doesn’t want anymore […]
Tag Archives: philosophy
If a Monkey Hoarded More Bananas . . .
2022-01-03 – There’s a meme going around: “If a monkey hoarded more bananas than it could eat, while most of the other monkeys starved, scientists would study that monkey to […]
Donald Trump and Schrödinger’s Cat
2020-08-13 – I’ve noticed recently that Donald Trump isn’t the only one who confuses evidence and truth. He confuses truth with many things, but I’m just focusing on the evidence […]
The Truth That Rich People Don’t Want You to Know
2020-08-03 – They talk a lot about competition and the invisible hand of Adam Smith and, yes, selfishness. Selfishness and invisible hands are what created the marvels of the modern […]
Overthrowing the Ruling Class?
2020-07-10 – Just saw the following headline: “Do you ever just wonder what it would be like if we overthrew the ruling class.” It didn’t have a question mark, but […]
#Pocalypso | The Nights Are Getting Longer
2020-06-23 – Now that we’ve got the Summer Solstice out of the way, the days are getting shorter and the nights are getting longer. It happens every year. I’ve seen […]
#Pocalypso | Do You Prefer to Be Right? Or Effective?
2020-06-11 – With all the debate about defunding police departments, I decided to take a day off to think about it. The debate doesn’t really seem to be about what […]
#Pocalypso | I Don’t Believe in Equality
2020-06-09 – I don’t believe in equality. But at the same time, I don’t believe someone should get a leg up because their daddy was a billionaire or because of […]
#Pocalypso | How Much Self Improvement Is Too Much
2020-05-07 – So here we are. Cooped up. But we have food and shelter—and the Internet. We all fall back on hobbies to get us through. My hobby, apparently, is […]
#Pocalypso | Prayers of the Atheists
2020-04-10 – I have a sticker on the wall above my desk. It says: “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” I don’t usually go in for […]
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