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The Story of the Philosopher King: Marcus Aurelius
A well-researched bio of the apathetic agnostic who epitomized stoicism.
Unraveling the Faustinas: A Look at the family of Marcus Aurelius
This post is background research for my new book: “30 ...
The Idea of Ideas
Think well by asking what kind of claim you are hearing before deciding whether it is true. Empirical, rational, speculative, and disproven ideas require different ...
5 Thought Tools: Viewpoint, Ideas, Reasoning, Constructs, and Reflection
Thought Tools are the core skills that turn raw information into understanding and wisdom.
4 Mind Traps: Fallacies, Biases, Heuristics, and Stereotypes
The Four Mind Traps are predictable thinking errors that distort judgment before reasoning even begins.
Open Viewpoint Method (OVM)
OVM is a secular-religious bridge that fosters viewpoint prevention. Think well by loosening your grip before you defend your view.
The “Dark” Middle Ages
For the period from 500 CE to 1500 CE, the ...
The Internet and the Information Revolution: Changing the Way We Learn
Since the late 1990s, I have repeatedly told my family ...
Cosmocycles: A Proposed Cosmic Calendar Based on Cyclic Universe Model
If some version of the Big Crunch model ever returns to favor, we can picture one full cosmic cycle, a kind of cosmic year. Cosmocycles ...
Researching Evolutionary Traits: The Occam Approach
When researching evolutionary traits across species and phyla, the best starting point is usually the simplest explanation that fits the evidence—an approach known as parsimony, ...
Philosophy: Dualism and Nondualism
Dualism and nondualism are rival ways of asking whether reality is divided or deeply unified.
Humanism: The Ethical Circle of Flourishing
Live better by widening your circle of care. Start with yourself and those closest to you, but don’t stop there. A flourishing life learns to ...
TST: Vocabulary
Definitions are the starting point of clear communication. In philosophy, where words like truth, belief, reality, morality, and knowledge carry heavy meaning, careful definitions help ...
The Woke Movement
The woke movement simply promotes good ethics by advocating for ...
Evolution Explained: A Crash Course in Nature’s Design
Evolution is the gradual change of life over generations through variation, inheritance, and natural selection, shaping the diversity of species on Earth.
Roe v Wade is a Rights Issue
Roe v Wade is a rights issue, not a religious issue. It's about the right of an individual woman to make her own decisions versus ...
Download or read PDF The Bloody Tenant of Persecution by Roger Williams
Roger Williams was an English Puritan who migrated to the ...
Trump Killed 58,947 Trump Voters in September 2021
The title of this post is outrageous. It is the ...
United States Yearly Flu Death Rate
How many people die in the United States each year ...