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Can morality be compartmentalized?

Posted on June 24, 2016 by BigBill

Many years ago, some good friends of mine posed a question to me. They wanted to know if I thought that someone who cheated on their spouse could be trusted in business. It wasn’t a casual question to them; they … Continue reading →

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Head vs heart

Posted on June 1, 2016 by BigBill

I have always lived inside my head. Or more accurately, I’ve been accused of thinking too much about stuff. I’ve been admonished to use my heart more, by which I assume what was meant was that I should be more … Continue reading →

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The politics of fear

Posted on May 25, 2016 by BigBill

As I write this, I’m on a plane and the guy sitting next to me is reading a book about keeping Christian faith in a secularized world. The underlying premise, of course, is that Christianity is under attack from all … Continue reading →

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Same data, different conclusions

Posted on May 5, 2016 by BigBill

One of my intellectual scotomos is that I’ve always felt that if another person had access to the same information that I do, they would arrive at the same conclusions that I have. That’s patently untrue, yet I cling to … Continue reading →

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Echo chambers (part 2)

Posted on April 28, 2016 by BigBill

In my last entry I wrote about how too many of us have created an environment where we only hear what we want to hear. I think how I may be guilty of this as well; at least to some … Continue reading →

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Echo chambers

Posted on April 22, 2016 by BigBill

About the only time I will watch Fox News is if I want to see how stupid people can be. Their broadcasts are full of errors of logic (I think they’re deliberate), one-sided commentary and over-simplification. I have friends who … Continue reading →

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We’re watching a political party implode.

Posted on April 9, 2016 by BigBill

Unless you’ve been cut off from all human contact in the backwoods of Maine for the past 6 or 8 months, you know exactly what I’m talking about:  the Republican party’s freak show of a primary process, complete with debates that … Continue reading →

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Where do the facts lead?

Posted on March 26, 2016 by BigBill

There is a price to pay for critical thinking, if you are an honest person. The scientific method is really just an organized way of consistently applying the rules of critical thinking. Let’s take a closer look at the process … Continue reading →

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Just the facts, Ma’am.

Posted on March 13, 2016 by BigBill

Fact: something that actually exists; reality; truth. There’s no such things as a false fact; if it is a fact then it is true. It’s true that people argue over facts, but actually they are arguing over the interpretation of … Continue reading →

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“I have no need of that hypothesis”

Posted on March 5, 2016 by BigBill

Pierre-Simon Laplace was another really smart guy, by all accounts. He was a physicist, mathematician and astronomer who lived in France from 1749-1827 during some pretty turbulent times: the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. All occurred during his lifetime. … Continue reading →

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