Is it ever acceptable to deceive children as a strategy for teaching them? For most folks, the quick answer is a resounding philosophical “no!” Regardless of the fact that sometimes deception can teach a powerful lesson, the idea of deluding impressionable children with falsehoods is usually considered out-of-bounds. We simply don’t like “lying” to our [...]
Is it ever acceptable to deceive children as a strategy for teaching them? For most folks, the quick answer is a resounding philosophical “no!” Regardless of the fact that sometimes deception can teach a powerful lesson, the idea of deluding impressionable children with falsehoods is usually considered out-of-bounds. We simply don’t like “lying” to our [...]
Facts and evidence can be strange things. Regardless of what you see when you look up, the sky is not blue. We perceive it as blue because of the way the atmosphere filters the spectrum of light. So the evidence – our eyesight – suggests a blue sky, but it isn’t a fact. In truth, [...]
Facts and evidence can be strange things. Regardless of what you see when you look up, the sky is not blue. We perceive it as blue because of the way the atmosphere filters the spectrum of light. So the evidence – our eyesight – suggests a blue sky, but it isn’t a fact. In truth, [...]
There are two ways of covering science news: The first is the equivalent to covering a fire or other disaster – get as much information as possible and throw it out at the public as quick as possible. That emphasizes the true nature of news – that it is immediate – and that its lifespan [...]
There are two ways of covering science news: The first is the equivalent to covering a fire or other disaster – get as much information as possible and throw it out at the public as quick as possible. That emphasizes the true nature of news – that it is immediate – and that its lifespan [...]
Most people laughed in 2005 when comedian Stephen Colbert coined the term “truthiness.” The idea was that there are some things we all know based on our “gut feelings,” that are guided by our instinct and that lack any linkage to logic, evidence or data. The term struck such a resounding chord that it’s now [...]
Most people laughed in 2005 when comedian Stephen Colbert coined the term “truthiness.” The idea was that there are some things we all know based on our “gut feelings,” that are guided by our instinct and that lack any linkage to logic, evidence or data. The term struck such a resounding chord that it’s now [...]
People who lurk in the shadows, waiting to pounce on the unsuspecting and vulnerable, have a distinct name. We call them “thugs,” and they are universally scorned and abhorred as bullies and worse by most in modern society. Civilized folk despise these cretins and many will be aghast at the news: The thugs are coming [...]
People who lurk in the shadows, waiting to pounce on the unsuspecting and vulnerable, have a distinct name. We call them “thugs,” and they are universally scorned and abhorred as bullies and worse by most in modern society. Civilized folk despise these cretins and many will be aghast at the news: The thugs are coming [...]
