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Life Begins at Conception and Roe v. Wade was Correct

Phil Mayes Jun 24, 2022 Tagged with Supreme Court
Life Begins at Conception and Roe v. Wade was Correct

If I invite you to dinner and for dessert, serve you raw eggs on a bed …

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Why Language is a Superpower and Why That Has Created a Problem

Phil Mayes Feb 23, 2022 Tagged with Emotions, Fear, Love
Why Language is a Superpower and Why That Has Created a Problem

We humans are a wildly successful species. Why is that? As life developed, it first responded …

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Is Autocracy coming?

Phil Mayes Dec 11, 2021
Is Autocracy coming?

Chauncey Devega prophecies loudly and often about the risk of authoritarianism in the US: https://www.salon.com/2021/12/10/democracy-doom-loop/ https://www.salon.com/2021/11/15/american-democracy-is-on-the-treadmill-of-doom-how-do-we-get-off/ …

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The Orange

Phil Mayes Oct 16, 2020
The Orange

.It all happened because of an orange. Currency controls were a factor, too. I could also …

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What is the Limit of Knowledge?

Phil Mayes Mar 27, 2020 Tagged with Knowledge
What is the Limit of Knowledge?

In my London childhood, a horse-drawn wagon delivered milk each day in glass bottles with the …

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How the Populist Movements Compare to the Hippies

Phil Mayes Sep 6, 2019 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 …

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Why Do We Believe What We Believe?

Phil Mayes May 21, 2019 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…

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What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate

Phil Mayes Apr 16, 2019 Tagged with confirmation bias, Fear

I offer this Reddit discussion about the FOX News article Honduran man charged with raping, killing jogger …

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The Four Forces Driving Political Conflict

Phil Mayes Aug 31, 2018 Tagged with Democracy, Fear, Haidt
The Four Forces Driving Political Conflict

Years ago, I thought I was going to die. The streets were dark and slick with …

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Why There is a Crisis of Fake News

Phil Mayes Apr 23, 2018 Tagged with Internet

Call it the law of unintended consequences. The internet is a disruptive technology comparable to the …

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