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Two Truths
Not all truths are self-evident.
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Wisdom Regarding Those Who Refuse to Face Facts
“Climb down that tree and have a conversation on the ground.”
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I’m Becoming Speculation Averse
Until the facts are in, there’s no sense in pulling conclusions out of your hind end.
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You Neurotypicals Sure Do Talk Funny
“Get to the point!!!!”
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Assumptions
“My coworker is a slob. She says she cleans up after herself, but she doesn’t. I can tell. She has no respect for me, or for the job. She has a bad attitude. She can’t be trusted.” Wow. I’d hate to work with someone like that! It must be so frustrating. That can’t be doing…
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Self-Evident Truths?
I think “obviously” is one of the most dangerous words in the English language, as is its more formal and old-fashioned counterpart, “self-evident”. When the US Declaration of Independence was written, with its famous, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…” slavery was still legal on this continent, and…
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Consider the Source?
When I was young and my mother complained about being cold, I’d tell her to put on a hat because most of your body heat exits from the top of your head. Putting on a hat goes a long way toward warming you up. She would look at me funny, shake her head, and go…
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Finding your Truth
People often make the mistake of thinking that truth is like some kind of moral binary code. It’s either one or zero. Fact or fiction. Yes or no. Right or wrong. Good or evil. Black or white. But most of us, if we’re honest, navigate the grey areas more often than we have perfect, unarguable…
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Lying Down with Dogs
Here’s another one of my theories. There are two types of dog owners: those who allow their dogs to sleep in their beds and those who do not. Well, technically, that part is a fact. But here comes the theory part: you can tell a lot about a person by which of these two groups…
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The Misinformation Movement
The other day I was perusing Youtube and I came across this video called The Eyeball Collector: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdaJRJFMty8 It says in capital letters, TRUE CRIME CASE, so I was taken in for a split second. But, as I’ve written in a recent blog entry, I am a bit of a sick puppy, so surely in…