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Year: 2019

How the Populist Movements Compare to the Hippies

By Phil Mayes Posted on September 6, 2019 Posted in Politics, Society Tagged with Populism
How the Populist Movements Compare to the Hippies

.The right-wing populist movements here and in the UK are driven by anger. They justify disruption of the present system because it is seen as not working for people. They do not respect law and tradition when they stand in …

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Why Do We Believe What We Believe?

By Phil Mayes Posted on May 21, 2019 Posted in Musings, Politics, Society Tagged with Beliefs
Why Do We Believe What We Believe?

Why do we believe what we believe, and how is it possible that we differ so much? Our beliefs comes from our senses, culture, in-group, experts, feelings and thinking. Of these, only thinking and expertise can make a defensible case. (This is a major rewrite of the original 5/19/19 post.)

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What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate

By Phil Mayes Posted on April 16, 2019 Posted in Politics Tagged with confirmation bias, Fear

I offer this Reddit discussion about the FOX News article Honduran man charged with raping, killing jogger in New Jersey had been deported twice as an example of how hard it is to discuss politics. I am posting as PhilAndMaude. Person-A: A-fucking-nother …

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