“Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent." Ludwig Wittgenstein We are suffering greatly because too many people are incapable of saying “I don’t know.” Why can’t people simply say “I don’t know” when they don’t know? Is it because so many of us were chastised in school when…
This post is from Press Esc: The Pope's calls to save the environment [were] met with dismay by critics who have repeatedly pointed out that the Vatican's ban on contraception will effectively negate all attempts at protecting the environment and tacking climate change. "Care of water resources and attention to…
It's called the American Dream because "you have to be asleep to believe it." I've rarely agreed so many times in four short minutes.
This paean to Taco Bell, from Mark Dery of Salon.com: No matter how sophisticated my palette has grown, nor how politicized it has become, I still feel a nostalgic fondness for Taco Bell tacos, triggered by sense memories of that first bite, when the shell would disintegrate into a heap…
In an earlier post, I summarized an Elliot Aronson interview on the topic of cognitive dissonance. Because I find this to be such a critically compelling topic, I took the time to listen to a recent Point of Inquiry podcast featuring Dr. Carol Tavris, Aronson's co-author regarding Mistakes Were Made…