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Intelligence v Lawyers
February 20, 2019

Intelligence Or Meaning – Which Do You Want?

The below article elaborates on a dilemma of deep thinking individuals especially those young enough not yet to have made conclusions on intelligence v. meaning or authority v. reason or similar ponderables. SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN Are Intellectuals Suffering a Crisis of Meaning? What is the relationship between intellectual giftedness and meaning…
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China
December 7, 2018

China Snags Tech From Boeing Et Al

China's ascendancy is happening. In industry, markets, transportation, energy and disruptive technology, China aims to surpass the USA as the world's greatest economy, both in production and consumption, soon. Some say as soon as 2028. China's use of capitalism's methods elevated approx. 700 million people out poverty since the 1980s…
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CapitalismCorporations - The Good and Bad
December 4, 2018

We Need Capitalism 2.0

Capitalism is a great concept with flaws. Since its inception a few centuries ago, it has elevated many from poverty, created wealth more fairly distributed than before, and, coupled with the invention of the corporation, allowed systemic continuity. However, it causes great harm especially to natural resources. As stated in…
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Morality and Behavior
November 28, 2018

Morality Existed Before And Without Religion

The essay below reconciles morality as part of human nature, not a consequence of religion. Instead, religion co-opted the fundamentals of human nature's morality and institutionalized some of them for purposes good and bad.   Answering the Hard Question “You’re an Atheist?! How Do You Find Meaning and Morality in…
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How To Think
November 12, 2018

Facts Do Not Persuade People – Even The Best Facts

One of my favorite thinkers, Michael Shermer, provides a few facts that ought to be accepted as easily as as gravity is understood by an infant. Unluckily, our species possesses an ability of the brain to deny the plain, obvious, measurable and demonstrable. Recent studies in psychology and neuroscience describe…
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Enlightenment Or Not
October 12, 2018

Knee-Jerk Reactionaries Don’t Contribute Much

  KNEE-JERK REACTIONARIES DON'T CONTRIBUTE MUCH By Mark A Rudis   2018   People are knee-jerk reactionary, not contemplative. TV especially promotes this cultural behavior. Most conversations anymore, at home, on the street, at school or work, are a series of comebacks, quips, repartee, each statement as conclusion, one-up, a straight…
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Racism
September 25, 2018

Racism

  Racism Analyzed 2018 The following well-researched essay by S. Beckner employs the philosophical disciplines to brand views about racism in its institutional, implicit, privileged and other forms. Conclusions made herein that are particularly perspicuous or piquant are: “systems of privilege are encoded as societal norms”, and “multiculturalists are essentially…
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How To Think
August 17, 2018

Intelligent Or Not – One Way To Measure

  Every educated person should know, at least in part, about dozen-or-so fields of knowledge. There are more fields than a dozen - the summary below is only a beginning. The fields are grouped under general categories: Physical sciences, Life sciences, Humanities, Philosophy, Athletics. An individual is not a dolt…
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How To Think
July 11, 2018

How To Think And Do Research – Categories

  All research builds on philosophical and theoretical foundations.  These are based on the Quantitative or Qualitative paradigm, your specialization in the program, and specific theories of business/management and information technology. Philosophical assumptions derived from a paradigm that guides the design. These include Ontological assumptions about the nature of reality. Epistemological assumptions about…
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