L. Michael Hall 2022 Neurons #22 May 30, 2022 DIVING DEEPER INTO THE HEART OF GUN VIOLENCE Thinking superficially will lead you to look at a gun, which does the […]
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A TRUTH MINISTRY? YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING!
From: L. Michael Hall 2022 Neurons #17 May 2, 2022 Distinctions #16 A TRUTH MINISTRY? YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING! If there ever was a bad idea, a really bad […]
Read moreThe War that Putin Started
From: L. Michael Hall 2022 Neurons #11 March 21, 2022 My Perspective on the War Putin Started WHAT’S WRONG WITH US? Whenever I wrote about political matters, I always write […]
Read moreDistinguishing Responsibility For and Responsibility To
From: L. Michael Hall 2022 Neurons #5 January 31, 2022 Distinctions #5 * DISTINGUISHING RESPONSIBILITY FOR / RESPONSIBILITY TO Here is a distinction that most people do not know and […]
Read moreThe Problem with “Facts”
From: L. Michael Hall 2021 Neurons #82 December 27, 2021 Facts #10 THE PROBLEM WITH FACTS In this series on Critical Thinking about Facts, we have seen that there are […]
Read moreMental Health Alert: THE FEAR PANDEMIC WORSENS
From: L. Michael Hall 2021 Neurons #77 December 1, 2021 Facts #7 A Mental Health Alert THE FEAR PANDEMIC WORSENS It was reported this week that there’s a new variant, […]
Read moreReasoning About Facts
From: L. Michael Hall 2021 Neurons #76 November 29, 2021 Facts #6 REASONING ABOUT FACTS When you reason, you reason using facts and about facts. The process begins […]
Read moreWhen the Media Doesn’t Check the Facts
From: L. Michael Hall 2021 Neurons #75 November 22, 2021 Facts #5 ** WHEN THE MEDIA DOESN’T CHECK THE FACTS In this deep dive into facts, what they are, how […]
Read moreFACTS AND META-FACTS
From: L. Michael Hall 2021 Neurons #73 November 15, 2021 Facts #4 THERE ARE FACTS AND THERE ARE META-FACTS If you have been following these articles on facts you know […]
Read moreEven Facts Need Explaining
From: L. Michael Hall 2021 Neurons #72 November 8, 2021 Facts #3 EVEN FACTS NEED EXPLAINING Once you have a health skepticism about “the facts” that you are regularly fed […]
Read moreDeepening Critical Thinking about Facts #2
From: L. Michael Hall 2021 Neurons #71 November 1, 2021 Fates #2 DEEPENING CRITICAL THINKING ABOUT FACTS “Just the facts, ma’am, just the facts.” Jack Webb’s Joe Friday of […]
Read moreCritical Thinking about Facts
From: L. Michael Hall 2021 Neurons #70 October 25, 2021 CRITICAL THINKING ABOUT FACTS After writing about Media Ethics (#69) last week and writing about “facts,” I decided that I […]
Read moreWhy Self-Help Books Don’t Help
From: L. Michael Hall 2021 Neurons #67 October 11, 2021 WHY SELF-HELP BOOKS DON’T HELP That was the question Geraldine asked. “Why is it that self-help books don’t help?” “You […]
Read moreMedia Manipulation — How to Manage It
From: L. Michael Hall 2021 Neurons #66 October 4, 2021 MEDIA MANIPULATION The book that took the longest to write was Inside-Out Persuasion. Originally I planned it to be the […]
Read moreDo Guns Kill People?
From: L. Michael Hall 2021 Neurons #65 October 1, 2021 How Self-Actualization Can Save Politics #15 GUNS KILL PEOPLE Here is an idea that gets lots and lots of publicity […]
Read more“Poverty Creates Crime” … an Immensely Stupid Idea
From: L. Michael Hall 2021 Neurons #63 September 24, 2021 How Self-Actualization Can Save Politics #14 POVERTY CREATES CRIME An Idea of Immense Stupidity In an attempt to fight crime, […]
Read moreStriving for Excellence and other Foolish Acts
From: L. Michael Hall 2021 Neurons #62 September 20, 2021 STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE AND OTHER FOOLISH ACTS Perhaps the most subtle way that people sneak perfectionism into their lives is […]
Read moreJUDGING THE PAST BY TODAY
From: L. Michael Hall 2021 Neurons #61 September 17, 2021 How Self-Actualization Can Save Politics #13 JUDGING THE PAST BY TODAY Another Bad Idea Here’s another bad political idea— judge […]
Read moreBad Idea: We Need “Thought” Police
From: L. Michael Hall 2021 Neurons #59 September 10, 2021 How Self-Actualization Can Save Politics #12 WE NEED “THOUGHT POLICE” Here’s a bad idea politically. Actually it is a rotten […]
Read moreBad Idea: We need More Government
From: L. Michael Hall 2021 Neurons #57 September 3, 2021 How Self-Actualization Can Save Politics #11 WE NEED MORE GOVERNMENT Here’s another bad political idea. It is a really bad […]
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