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Mar.21.2013 A Sensitive Subject When I was doing research for my book on perception and truth, I originally wanted to include a chapter on religion. After all, religion is a great example of the human ability to believe on faith alone. But I ran into a problem. I wanted to interview people from different faiths, and try to...	Nov.20.2012 The Sufferings of Young Werther--a new translation Goethe wrote The Sufferings of Young Werther in 1774 and the book soon became a sensation, following Goethe throughout his career as emblematic of a romantic passion he came to distrust. Now Stanley Corngold has brought out a fresh translation--a good one--and the book’s oddness, its power...
Sep.05.2012 Politics and Facebook A new study has emerged - contrary to the joke that is often shared and liked, posting political information on Facebook does change people's thinking. That might surprise some. It doesn't surprise me. I put it out there hoping to divert conversations from the usual channels and add to the...	May.12.2012 Bias & Ignorance of Justice Blind justice (that doesn't see the inevitable context of any given event) isn't justice. Such blind justice is plain old ignorance. But the justice that sees (the justice that factors in the context) is no justice either. The justice without the blindfold - the justice...
Mar.20.2012 Objectivity is a Slave to Subjectivity Measurement devices measure our expectations of what we are hoping to find. They have to: as sense-extensions, they can only find the stimuli that we already know how to digest. Nothing new here: Socrates talked about this with a slave boy named Meno way, way back. Point is:...	Oct.23.2008 Tautology: Total Eclipse of Meaning The word “tautology” literally means “repeating what has been said” (from Greek tauto for “same” and logos for “saying”)(1), as in "A is A." The philosophical East and West differ in terms of the value of saying the same thing twice. From the stand-point of the Western thought, Popeye’s...