Episodes
Tuesday May 11, 2021
How do you know if you are wrong?
Tuesday May 11, 2021
Tuesday May 11, 2021
Reading Jeff Hawkins new book a Thousand Brains. He talks about how our brains think and how the brain can come to believe things that aren’t true. He says the best way to learn if you are wrong is to actively seek out evidence that you are wrong and to be open to being wrong so you can learn and be less wrong. Good advice. #humanism #skepticism #criticalthinking
Friday Feb 19, 2021
Compassion and giving people the benefit of the doubt
Friday Feb 19, 2021
Friday Feb 19, 2021
We live in an interconnected world. Cultural differences can sometimes cause offense where none is intended. Give people the benefit of the doubt that they mean well and don’t assume they are horrible people. If we all treat each other with compassion we can learn from and honor each others differences and work past the inevitable faux pas that occur.
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Humility Helps Create Confidence - Humanist Thought of the Week
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
My son thinks I'm confident. The reality is - I'm humble. I expect to screw up. I'm ok with screwing up and when I do - I just set about - fixing the problem. That seems like confidence, but it's really just humility.
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
Solve Problems - don't rationalize opinions
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
Don’t use your intelligence to rationalize your opinion. Instead, use it to figure out a good solution.
Saturday Jul 25, 2020
What cancel culture really is. And what it is not.
Saturday Jul 25, 2020
Saturday Jul 25, 2020
Cancel culture is about using violence to stop people from speaking. It’s not people speaking out against what they see as injustice.