The Devil’s YouTube Channel

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I have to admit to resisting the idea of moving over to the realm of YouTube. I have, as you know, also decided to stop writing for Google and compose these messages for myself and those who I think are reading them. Alas, or nevertheless, depending on how you see the world, the Devil's YouTube [...]

The Devil’s Meditations On Positive Sexuality

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As the Devil, the thought of positive sexuality is a relevant one to the pursuit of happiness. In a soft effort to return to my original condition, which is that of a proponent of individual happiness and social health, I have thought about the notions of pleasure, desire, and lust today.  And as expected, I [...]

The Devil’s Journal, Looking for Friends

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2022. 40 MINUTES PAST 3:00 Weird that the Devil is looking for friends. But on one of my Tweets yesterday, I said that I need more friends who are willing to argue religion respectfully. More importantly, I need religious friends willing to talk about their beliefs openly. The reception to this post, [...]

I Write for Myself to Reclaim My Power

Today, I will write for myself. I'll write how I want to write: long sentences and big words. Sesquipedelian. This effort is all to rediscover the power of the vernacular my parents gave me, a gift as invaluable as power itself. Language matters My mission to become more accessible to whoever might read my work [...]

Acquiescence Bias

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Acquiescence Bias is the human (social) propensity to portray a positive or agreeable overtone when questioned or queried (or vice versa - disagreement).  Psychologists refer to it as "yah-saying" and define it as the tendency to agree with a statement when in doubt. If someone is unsure of the answer, they will often agree rather [...]

Imagination and Intellectual Honesty

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An old meditation about he relationship between Imagination and Intellectual Honesty, and how Einstein's popular allegories blur the line between the two. February 27 2012 The trend amongst proponents of new-age thinking and believers of everything illogical is to hold imagination as "better" or more important than knowledge. This seems to result from the human [...]