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“Beliefs” are not shadowy ghosts.
But what is a “belief”? What form do they take? Nobody explained that bit. I had an idea that they were somehow like dreams, all shadowy and shifty, and they hung around at the bottom of the subconscious ocean like underwater ghosts.
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Critical Thinking Is Not An Advanced Skill
there is no idea in the world so complicated that it cannot be explained with easy words in easy sentences.
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The Hosea Series
Here are the links to the series about Hosea and Gomer. The biblical story of Hosea and Gomer is one of the most powerful love stories I have heard. I believe it is true. I have spoken on this topic at a few churches and, to be honest, I have really struggled to get through…
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The Bell and the Hammer – How to Test Ideas
The upcoming posts will focus on “Critical Thinking,” highlighting a lack of critical thinking education among teenagers in Australia. The author intends to teach six essential skills for testing ideas. Using an anecdote about buying a bell for Mother’s Day, the writer illustrates the importance of discerning true from false beliefs.
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The Jeweller of Antwerp (A Mathematical Riddle)
Here’s a riddle I came up with, while thinking about the Monty Hall problem and the Unexpected Hanging Paradox.
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The Cage. The Finale (Hosea Part 8)
Hosea doesn’t tell us about the moments when the world turned right way up again, but we can see from the words he penned at the end of his memoir that it did indeed work out for them, and that they lived happily ever after.
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Decks of Cards and the Size of the Universe
Is the universe actually big enough to simultaneously store all the possible combinations of playing cards?
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The Merchant with Dishonest Scales (Hosea Part 7)
“And you know what else? You love to grind me down into the dirt! You find pleasure in winning, pleasure in breaking me!”
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Like Pus (Hosea Part 6)
She won’t even meet her own eyes. She is a vain woman, after all. Her success as a seductress was largely dependent on her beauty. And now this? How shaming! The boils are desperately painful to the touch. They make it hard to move, hard to eat, hard to sleep. They are a constant drain…
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