Category: For the head
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The Blended Cures – Short Story
This is an illustrated story that comes with a set of cards, depicting the green medicine bottles with the letters of the alphabet. Mrs Bloomfield was a crusty old hypochondriac. She loved being ill and if she did not have a real illness, she invented one to get attention. “Help! Help!” Mrs Bloomfield called from…
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Prediction: Spotify Superseded in 5 Years!
OK, maybe not by us old fogies who know which side our CD is burned on, but my prediction is that the next generation will be editing MIXES of viral tunes created by real musicians instead of listening on streaming platforms. The joy of AI music, for people who are not musicians, is the ability…
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Critical Thinking Skill #1: Test “Big Words”
A while ago, I started a train of thought about Critical Thinking. Since the last one, I have been occupied with my current novel, Breaking Free, and haven’t been back to it since. There is no idea that is so complicated that it cannot be explained simply, with simple words arranged in easy sentences. When…
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“But Emergencies are Thrilling!!”
A shout out to my reader in Ireland! I see your flag every post in my stats. (Howw arrr ye en te emreld isle? Hallooh from Australia!) When your team is in Emergency Mode, life is thrilling. You feel really “alive”. You have to react quickly, like a jet pilot in a dog fight. Every…
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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 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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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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Zacharias and Elisabet: Luke 1:5-25
This passage gives the background on the childless couple, who are from the priestly lineage, and explains how Gabriel the angel came to Zacharias while he was on duty in the temple and told him he would have a son. Here are some interesting things I found.
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