You Want to Believe Of course you do! Thing is, how far are they willing to go to verify facts? Oh, facts … their facts, his facts, her facts, your facts. Facts from experts, facts on experts … One of my favorite quotes from Raiders of the Lost Ark is “Fact, not Truth. If it’s…… Continue reading Shroud the Noun, Shroud the Verb
Tag: psychology
Crowley and His Tweets
Crowley and his Tweets? Originally published in the Gainesville Times on September 27, 1988, Prof. Taylor examines the case of a young, sinister criminal called Francis “Two Gun” Crowley. You may glean a few takeaways from this story, but if there’s any one in particular above the rest, it’s that a little love often goes…… Continue reading Crowley and His Tweets
Compulsory Vaccinations Alert — Eugenics
Such language! Okay, here’s one that will likely offend the millennials for dated verbiage in reprint. George Carlin famously derided the use of today’s soft language. The subjective term being “learning disabled” as one of several replacements for retarded or imbecile, which have become highly-offensive slurs. Yet, the softening of a severe mental condition is…… Continue reading Compulsory Vaccinations Alert — Eugenics