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Key Ideas
Topic:
Three Truth Hammers
The three truth hammers are the scientific process, journalism, and the law.
MODE:
~
4 minutes
of short abstracts.
Three Truth Hammers.
Some random key ideas.
1.
Preservation bias shapes what we think we know by favoring durable evidence over what decays.
2.
Quote:
- Philo of Alexandria.
- circa 20 CE.
Meaning:
With your entertainment, with literature, art, and movies, allegories allow for deeper understanding, look for the wisdom embedded within the text of the stories you consume.
3.
From History: 1300 CE
Before punctuation, reading was too challenging but don’t let modern grammar slow you down. Writing well means more than being correct; it means being clear.
4.
Historical belief should rise only as high as the evidence behind the story. Watch for contemporaneous evidence, testimony, and surviving relics.
5.
Quote:
- E. H. Carr.
- 1961.
From History:
Meaning:
Carr’s 1961 quote reminds us that facts do not become history by themselves. History emerges when evidence is selected, organized, interpreted, and placed into a meaningful story.
6.
From History: 3 Dec 1791
The Bill of Rights protects personal liberty by limiting government power.
8.
Quote:
- Hannah Arendt.
- 1963.
From History:
Meaning:
Great harm is often caused not by hatred, but by people who stop thinking and simply comply.
9.
From History: 451 BCE
A good legal system slows judgment so claims can be tested fairly. Think well by asking not just what was ruled, but how the claim was tested.
10.
Let science anchor your worldview, and philosophy expand it.
Done. Refresh for another set.
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