For some of us, a wrong-headed answer to a question doesn’t just reveal that we’re uninformed, or stupid, or evil; it reveals that there’s something profoundly dysfunctional about the very mechanism we use for thinking. It can serve as diagnosis, by showing the precise path we take as we travel from Point A to Point […]
Perhaps you can explain something to me. I am obviously an opinionated guy. I don’t mind writing manifestos about one issue or another. I also don’t mind arguing with people I know, or people I don’t know but am for the moment having conversations with, about our principles and opinions. What I don’t do is […]
Originally published on Facebook on 24 November 2014, and very appropriate for the political silly season. One key question we appear to have forgotten is, “Such as?” It isn’t always that question; sometimes, the statement leading up to it will require a different ph…rasing for clarity. But it’s always an important question. For instance: the […]
