In the industrialized world, few people have to deal with the grim problems of material poverty. Eating too much is a bigger threat than starving. Your home may be small, but it likely has a roof. Basic needs are generally satisfied. Time poverty, however, is a real crisis. As lifestyles have become more complex, the […]
9 Planning Traps and How Not to Get Caught
If you’re like most people, you’re horrible at planning. Even if you think you’re pretty good. Most of the blame goes to some unique weaknesses of the human brain. They cleverly omit areas of uncertainty and blind you to potential traps. I used to be awful at planning. If it weren’t for stored written records […]
The Seven Major Beginner Mistakes
Starting anything new involves mistakes. Tons of them, if you plan on being good. Although you are supposed to learn from your mistakes, there are a few that often go ignored. These mistakes accompany the first phase of anything and it is easy to repeat them in everything new that you do. I don’t claim […]
Rational Versus Emotional Arguments
This is a follow-up to my original post supporting atheism, Why Atheism. One of the problems in the theism and spirituality debate I’ve encountered is the problem with rational versus emotional arguments. So far I’ve seen the arguments mostly being waged on the rational side. These are the arguments that point out how incredibly unlikely […]
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