I came across the following brief 8-minute video and accompanying article shortly after my last post on Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. The writer …
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How does the general public think Science operates? How is it performed? How does it progress? How do working scientists assist and enable progression into …
Since I just posted about this week’s Lunar Eclipse, I may as well also post about our 2017 Total Solar Eclipse experience. The United States …
Sunday night January 20, 2019 we were treated to relatively clear skies in Louisville, KY for a total lunar eclipse. I stepped outside into the …
What Is Intellectual Integrity? Do you have an internal desire to uncover truth – real truth? Do you care about the accuracy of your …
What is autodidacticism and what can it mean for you being an autodidact? “Stack of Old Books” by Austin Kirk is licensed under CC BY …
I could write a long article about Conformity, but really … what could be more convincing than this representative example? (video: Brain Games – Conformity …
Related very closely to the concept of Groupthink is a process called Social Conditioning . However, where Groupthink relates to cognitive issues in a small …
In a continuing series of articles regarding barriers to Proper Thinking let’s address Groupthink. “Where all think alike, no one thinks very much.” – Walter …
What is Dogma? Dogma is any ideology that demands of its followers unquestioned loyalty and faith. Faith in its doctrines . . . in its …