Thursday, October 31, 2013
Monday, October 28, 2013
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
The Backfire Effect
The Backfire Effect: Why Facts Won't Win Arguments
http://bigthink.com/think-tank/the-backfire-effect-why-facts-dont-win-arguments
http://bigthink.com/think-tank/the-backfire-effect-why-facts-dont-win-arguments
Monday, October 21, 2013
The 2 Most Powerful People in Washington
Politico's Mike Allen and Matt Drudge of Drudge Report.
http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/20/who-is-the-most-powerful-man-in-this-town
http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/20/who-is-the-most-powerful-man-in-this-town
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Dan Ariely on Marriage
Someone once said to me that marriage is like betting someone
half of everything you own that you’d love him or her forever. Do you
agree?
Dan Ariely: From the perspective of an outside observer, there are some things in life that can be described as a bet or a gamble—while for the people directly involved, looking at it that way will be a very bad idea. Marriage is one of these cases. It might be fun and interesting to think about other peoples’ marriages in such terms, but don’t be tempted to think about your own relationship this way. And certainly don’t mention these odds to your significant other.
Dan Ariely: From the perspective of an outside observer, there are some things in life that can be described as a bet or a gamble—while for the people directly involved, looking at it that way will be a very bad idea. Marriage is one of these cases. It might be fun and interesting to think about other peoples’ marriages in such terms, but don’t be tempted to think about your own relationship this way. And certainly don’t mention these odds to your significant other.
On Knowing if There is a God
From a Time magazine interview with Richard Dawkins:
Question from reader John Blaxland to Richard Dawkins: Given how little we know about the universe, how can we possibly be sure there is no God?
Richard Dawkins: There are all sorts of things we can’t be sure of—we can’t be sure there are no leprechauns and fairies. Science in the future is going to be revealing all sorts of things which we have no idea of at present, but it’s extremely unlikely that it would happen to home in on an idea from a Bronze Age tribe in the desert.
Richard Dawkins: There are all sorts of things we can’t be sure of—we can’t be sure there are no leprechauns and fairies. Science in the future is going to be revealing all sorts of things which we have no idea of at present, but it’s extremely unlikely that it would happen to home in on an idea from a Bronze Age tribe in the desert.
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