Thoughts from John Karahalis
When we don’t engage with our ideological opponents, our arguments weaken and our naivete becomes painfully obvious to them. When we don’t engage with our ideological opponents, we also don't notice this.
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“In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day.”
—Carl Sagan
We should ask ourselves these questions more often than we do: Is this true, or is this only thought to be true by people in my circles? Do I want it to be true?
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When did preaching to the choir become such a virtue? I can take a guess.
I'm not sure if I support banning TikTok. I do, however, very much encourage everyone to voluntarily stop using it.
“We live in a society absolutely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. That’s a clear prescription for disaster.”
—Carl Sagan
I think less of Wegmans for its obviously anti-competitive actions against Whole Foods in Rochester.
There's a fine line between being a skeptic and being a cynic. In fact, there may be no line at all, but inevitable overlap.
I'm not sure I like that.
It pains me to watch others learn the hard way, and yet, almost every important word of caution was inspired by someone doing just that.
I genuinely worry about people who use TikTok heavily.