Logic vs. Emotional Appeal ~ Truth/Fiction

How Can We Recognize Attempts to Dupe Us Into Believing Untrue Things? Logic – is one of the key ingredients that is missing in the volumes of disinformation being fed to the public, worldwide. Regardless of whether it comes from the worlds of business, politics, religion, or cultural groups, so much of what we read and hear is based on appeals to our emotions to cause us to believe things that are untrue. BTW, most of us do some of this some of the time. Other people are paid professionals to do it to convince masses of people to do or think something they might not have done otherwise. It matters. Let’s learn about it. Continue Reading →

What Do Current Politics Have In Common With Bone Growth and Renaissance?

I’m pretty sure that no-one among us would describe politics or other current events in the world or in the USA as being destroyed with surgical  precision. It feels more like being bludgeoned as we stagger from one direction to another, boxed in by the wielder of destruction at every turn – with more than a glancing blow delivered every time we look up to find a way out…..It is easy to become overwhelmed, afraid, depressed, and stultified by current events, particularly in the overarching category of “politics.” However, my conclusion is that what we are witnessing MAY be a natural progression of evolution and the display of its tools….this concept also  reflects a universal law that affects our physical bodies, consciousness, politics, and societies, as we yearn for, and sometimes then achieve, Renaissance. Continue Reading →