not epithets and insults. Discussion that respects thePrinciple of Charity. Discussion where people try to seek truth and attempt to persuade rather than bludgeon those who disagree. Discussion where facts matter. I think such discussions
Mine’s that before salt and pepper, there was a third spice always on the table and no one bothered to write it down and now no one knows what it was. Fun! Someone onRedditwanted to know what facts people share that always get the reaction “Why the f*** do you know that? The ...
Everybody Loses, As NFL Weighs Deshaun Watson Punishment/The End Isn't Here, But It's Coming. Miami Sports Has Had Nobody Like Heat's Pat Riley/Title IX Empowered Women. The Supreme Court Has Done The Opposite/Florida Panthers Swap Coach Of Year Finalist For Guy No. 1 In Career Losses...
Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray’s case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issue...
Nobody thinks it'll happen. Fins at Buffalo today are the biggest underdog of the NFL's Wild-Card Playoffs, injury-wracked and down to rookie third-string quarterback Skylar Thompson again. "Do you believe in miracles?" Maybe? Not really? OK, then we're screwed. ...
So, draw your own conclusions based on “facts” and “senior management insiders”, but on this one, I’m going with Myron. 2 Comments Posted inUncategorized A weekend above 23rd Street Posted onOctober 24, 2010|2 comments Since this was our first weekend in the city after closing up th...
They don’t know how to set aside their feelings long enough even to notice the facts. Second, Christian Nationalism. These people ardently oppose many of the changes that have come about over the past 50 years, notably gay marriage and legal abortion. Their leadership is well funded, well ...
Or frustrated actors-turned-interpreters who are now SUPER frustrated after years of having to regurgitate other people’s inanity, even if the job does pay eight thousand a month, and what they’d really like to do is grab that microphone and explain the facts of a messy divorce to all ...
“Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals.”–Martin Luther King Jr. ...
and I stand by that sentiment. You should be damn scared of AIDS — it may be a manageable condition nowadays, but it sure ain’t fun — but there’s a difference between those who fear it because they’re ignorant, and those who have the facts, protect themselves and still have fun...