15+ hour, 39+ min ago  (83+ words) David Pratt's summary article at Psychology Today has good advice for anyone, even if one does not plan on winning a Nobel Prize. 1. Find your passion. 4. Find kindred spirits. 5. Work with passion. Lots of well-chosen examples and anecdotes. The whole…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (392+ words) In lecture four, we turn to understanding the remarkable cognitive capacities of humans, tracing development from basic sensory experiences in infancy to sophisticated adult reasoning and knowledge. We explore how children progress from simple sensations to integrated perceptions, concept formation,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (372+ words) One of the themes in my Philosophy of Politics courses (Part 1, Part 2) is the vast gulf between the Continental and Anglo-American traditions over the desirability of war and peace. Relevant to that discussion are these quotations from Nietzsche on war:…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (224+ words) In a short 1995 essay, "The Gnostic," published when he was co-founder of Russia's National Bolshevik Party, Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin urges young Russians to drink "The wine of socialist revolution, the joy of rebellion against the forces of fate, and…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (152+ words) According to The New York Times, Ali Larijani has effectively been running Iran since January 2026. He was in "charge of crushing, with lethal force, the recent protests demanding the end of Islamic rule." [Source] He is now the key power…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (317+ words) A friend told me of young girl in trouble at school. She wouldn't sit still to do her work, and whenever a teacher's back was turned she would move about the classroom, sliding, hopping, and turning about. Even when forced…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (26+ words) Stephen Hicks. org Freedom's political justification "Amash example A partial truth, but not relevant to justifying a free society politically....

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (687+ words) Logical Fallacies (compiled by Brian Mc Groarty) Appeal to False Authority: Your logical fallacies aren't logical fallacies at all because Einstein said so. Einstein also said that this one is better. Appeal to Emotion: See, my mom, she had to…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago  (427+ words) Stephen Hicks. org Nobody knows what the origin of "Hoosier" is. Party fun for visitors to Indiana includes recounting the many speculations on the label"s origins. This year"s football season, culminating in the football Hoosiers" undefeated 16-0 season and…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (188+ words) Stephen Hicks. org Friedrich Nietzsche rejected liberal individualism, capitalism, egalitarianism, and peace'and he embraced struggle, hierarchy, and the "will to power." His philosophy was appropriated by the National Socialists'in some ways accurately and in some ways via misinterpretation Captainese"s…...