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The Bias Bias Trap

I have noticed this affliction which, in my view, seems to affect even the most intelligent and perspicacious of persons, which I call: The Bias Bias Trap To get right to it, and make it super easy, consider…

Should an Organization Celebrate Inclusive Events?

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I start this Dialogue with a question: Should an Organization Celebrate Ethnic, Religious or Other Inclusive Events? I Googled this and found an extraordinary number of these possible Events. They array through all sorts of groups, including: …

Who Determines Right And Wrong?

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I have been wondering about right and wrong, which in my view is the soul of morality. That is hardly something new of course, but my inquiry is really about who gets to determine right and wrong. Is it each individual as he thinks best,…

Socrates, Plato And……The Internet?

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Socrates and Plato were pretty smart – as we already know –but this blows me away and you may have the same reaction. So I saw this quote in a book by Bill Manley called The Oldest Book in the World. The book is about the teachings…

Admitting You Are Wrong

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Why is it so hard for people to say something like: “You know, I was wrong. Totally wrong. And you were right. I am now changing my view to your view. Thank you for convincing me.” I do this all the time. And it is a strange…

Why Are Brilliant People Falling For Conspiracy Theories

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I don’t know about you, but I keep running into brilliant people who tell me that they believe things that seem- to me at least- to be obviously incorrect or at least not factually supportable. I very well know I don’t have a monopoly…

Who is Most Likely to Survive

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I start this (first) article with a quote from Charles Darwin, whose brilliance was not limited to going to the Galapagos Island to look at tortoises. He was a philosopher and a thinker and his books are well worth reading, including one I…

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