My last blog post was about the so-called ancient Chinese curse of “living in interesting times.” All the problems I cited in that post are not only still with us, but also have been amplified. Donald Trump is now the presumptive Republican nominee for President of the US. Although the nominee for the Democrats has not been finally decided yet, Hilary Clinton is the likely candidate. Although I am still paying attention to US politics, I am doing so with an increasingly heavy heart. Even so, some other things have caught my attention, including website advertising, LGBT concerns and legislation, . . . → Read More: Paying Attention
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 Comments are closed  Blog  ad blockers, advertising, Agent Orange, antibiotics, atmosphere, auto-start video, bathrooms, Big Ag, Big Pharma, carbon dioxide, Chinese Curse, Crusades, Democrats, Donald Trump, Dr. Sherry Tenpenny, English, fatal events, follow the money, French, George Santayana, history, Interesting Times, invasion, Jesus, LGBT, loss of vision or hearing, Mid-East, Old Testament, opioid epidemic, opioids, plastic in oceans, politics, Portuguese, prescriptions, profit, Republicans, sexual expression, sexual orientation, Sharia Law, Sixth Extinction, Spanish, the good Samaritan, transgender rights, vaccines, Vilfredo Pareto, white and colored, World War II Does it really serve a purpose to suppress the truth? I’m not concerned about the “little stuff,” such as who flirted with whom at the office party or how the rear fender of the family car was damaged. My concern is with the “big stuff,” things that influence everyone. You may recall, for example, that in the sixteenth century, Galileo found himself in hot water with the Catholic Church for supporting Copernicus’ theory that the earth was round and was orbiting around the sun. The Catholic Church attempted to suppress the truth, but one of the things about important truths . . . → Read More: Knowing the Truth Comments are closed Blog animal cruelty, antibiotics, ask your doctor, best interests, bread, Catholic Church, class-action suits, Connecticut, Copernicus, enemy, ExxonMobile, food prices, Galileo, genetically modified organisms, GMO, gun control, gun deaths, gun research, knowledge, news broadcasts, Newton, oil spill, pesticides, pharmaceutical, priests, reality, religious institutions, Sandy Hook, scientific evidence, sexual molestation, Slate, States, terrorism, truth, TV ads, war In some ways this blog entry ties back to my previous posts on Choice Points: “Forks in the Road” and Evidence Procedures. One of the things I have been noticing about recent political debates is how often people, and perhaps especially politicians, seem to be absolutely sure of so many things. Bell Curve In statistical terms, when we measure most populations on most scales (such as height, weight, IQ, education, age at death, etc.) the result is the familiar bell shape of Pareto’s Law. It make sense: Some people are really tall, some are really short, and . . . → Read More: Yes, No, or It Depends? Comments are closed Blog absolutist, advanced civilization, age of the earth, antibiotics, bacteria, bell curve, bimodal distribution, burning issues, certainty, choice, choice points, climate change, complexities, double down, evidence, evidence procedures, extremes, failure, forks in the road, gambling, genetically modified organisms, GMO, ideas, insecticides, investment, modern life, new, NLP, opinions, Pareto, Pareto's Law, pesticides, possibilities, question, Richard Bandler, solutions, statistics, success |
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