Tag: Facts
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When Is A Fact Not A Fact?
Let’s start with basic math. We can all agree that one plus one equals two, right? We can all agree that the moon revolves around the earth and the earth revolves around the sun. Keep in mind — we can’t actually “see” the moon revolve around the earth — or the earth revolve around the…
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‘MAGICAL THINKING’ isn’t ‘Thinking’, It’s BULLSHIT; That’s Not A Revelation…
There’s a phrase I’m fond of saying here: “BACK IT UP OR IT’S BULLSHIT”. I appreciate that it’s just easier to let other people think for you — especially where the Bigger Questions In Life are concerned. Where did ‘This’ all come from? Why are we here? What is the point? ‘Cos god’ is what…
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Dear American News Media: Telling A Story Is Like ‘CLIMBING’ A Mountain – Not Just ‘LOOKING’ At One…
Mountains impress. They wow you with their existence, their enormity, their majesty, their size. On the one hand you want to revere it like a sentient creature, on the other, you want to climb it — not so much to master it as just to look it directly in the eye. You want the mountain…
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Americans Are SUCKERS For Words. Literally
Most Americans have never been especially good at ‘English’ — at speaking it, writing it, understanding it… Throw in the priggish moral scold that sits on their shoulders — and you get a strange disconnect from the thing they need most to communicate with each other: The Language. Now, to be fair, we live in…