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Tag: truth
Go Ahead, Judge Me
I think we should spend less time saying "don't judge," and more time saying "judge wisely." Here's why.
Listen Skeptically
In 20 years as a writer and editor, I've learned to give everyone the benefit of my doubts-or at least to try.
What You’re Hearing Is Less than The Truth
But it isn't all a pack of lies, either.
Your Mind is a Nonfiction Writer
Your mind is in the business of constantly creating stories. Are you editing them?
Brain-Building Advice from Sherlock Holmes
What you need to remember if you really don't don't want to forget.
(The Lack of) Truth in Advertising; Or, Why Honesty Is More Important than Accuracy
What I learned from watching a pharmaceutical ad with my daughter.
Why Are People So Easily Deceived?
After watching another week of election-year shenanigans, my teen-aged daughter asked me a pretty adult question: “why are so many people so easily deceived? She was thinking of a particular set of people on one side of the political spectrum, but I thought bigger. The hard truth, after all, is that we’re all susceptible to …
You Can’t Handle the Truth. (Really, You Can’t.)
Since graduate school at least, I've believed (and occasionally argued) that truth is best thought of as a property of reflections on or about the world--a characteristic of statements, arguments, or even works of art. This is hardly an original claim: Ludwig Wittgenstein, W.V.O. Quine, and many others have made more eloquent arguments for this …
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What Are Truths?
If I'm going to have a blog called "Truths and Wonders," then I should probably define "truths" and "wonders."
