Check out this fun article: 5 Ways ‘Common Sense’ Lies To You Everyday. It contains 5 fun little logical fallacies that we fall prey to everyday. I’m sure that there are probably more than these, but the article has 5 great ones named The Historian’s Fallacy, The Nirvana Fallacy, The Appeal to Probability, The Regression [...]
Posted on April 24th, 2009 in Musings & Philosophy
Posted on March 16th, 2009 in Musings & Philosophy
Awhile back, I wrote about honesty and Nonviolent Communication (NVC). I recently read an article about our tolerance for racism that reminded me of an important NVC concept that’s a bit hard to grasp.
First, the NVC idea: It is not in anyone’s best interest for me to modify my actions/desires in order to cause or [...]
Posted on February 18th, 2009 in Word Watch
What we say matters. Say what you mean and mean what you say!
On the schedule for today - “Have To”
How often do you say that you “have to” do something? You have to go to work. You have to pay the bills. You have to call your mother. You have to clean the house. We [...]

