Fallen angel, answering my own questions
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, [...]
Thursday, April 7, 2022. 27 Minutes past 2:00 Lacking the will to write these last few weeks isn't a reflection of the need to do it, nor is it about indifference towards the issues I want to affect. On the contrary, it results from the contemplation of having too much to say. This apparent lassitude [...]
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 [...]
Tuesday, March 22, 2022. 50 Minutes past 2:00 I should write a book, or many, based on my conversations with the world. I don't remember a time when I shone away from discussing anything. Especially about those issues I find essential to social well-being. And this conversation, which started with the seemingly popular idea of [...]
Questions and doubts from friends
Tuesday, March 15 2022. 50 Minutes past 5:00 After several months of not writing here, I feel the need to contribute to this story due to several preoccupations. The most pressing, even if it's self-indulgent, is saying goodbye to Natasha. And then there is the lesson of the value of honesty to romantic relationships The last [...]
Here and now, I must insist that you summon the full extent and force of your self-control. Because yes, I have much to say on the subject. This is a fair warning and call to action to all critical thinkers. Given that you have not thrown whatever device you read this on across your study, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
These last few days have been about resetting after contemplating the state of the world. I have not contributed much to this blog or to any other platform for that reason, but I should be more responsible with my content. I will do my best not to miss too many days. The challenge posed to [...]