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Questions for Elon Musk
How much is a person’s dignity worth? or their pride and self-respect? in absolute terms, or relative to one’s current worth. What does it take for a well-educated, incredibly intelligent person to set aside all that intelligence and play dumb, pretending that they don’t understand or appreciate the absurdity of pretty much anything the former…
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Living a Contradiction
Warning: this post discusses some unpleasant and extremely sad thoughts; please return at a later time if you feel you do not currently have the emotional strength to handle such a discussion. Several of my friends have heard me talk about the following ad nauseam: “when a wolf eats a rabbit, the rabbit loses her…
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A Sad Day
Yesterday was a sad day for the United States. An innocent person attending former president’s rally in Pennsylvania was shot dead and another person was injured by the despicable and cowardice act of a shooter from a distance using an AR-15 rifle. At this point, the goal of the shooter seems to have been to…
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Misinformation, Fake News, and the First Amendment
I doubt anybody would claim that misinformation is a good thing, or that fake news are necessary for a healthy competition in the political arena. Yet, misinformation and disinformation are some of the most destructive issues of our time. Ready access to the Internet, which is one of the most important achievements of humanity, coupled…
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Fact or Opinion?
You look at the little display on the A/C thermostat at your home, which reads 78 degrees, and you think, “what a pleasantly warm day.” Your wife just gets back home from grocery shopping, looks at the thermostat, and says: “Oh my God, it’s 78, don’t you think it’s too hot here? Why didn’t you…
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Overconfidence: Delusion or Deception?
Coming soon.