The God Gap Helps Explain a 'Seismic Shift' in American Politics
The most important religious divide isn't between right and left, but between left and left.
Very interesting article Peter. Religion being used as a political weapon has been going on for quite some time and in my opinion is beyond despicable.
Sooooo many things in this article that could be discussed, but my thumbs can’t take it lol.
Thank you for sharing the article, Peter, like Rusty said, it is very interesting. It poses many observations that deserve thought, preferably while smoking a cigar.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
Source:
Association for Psychological Science
Summary:
New research finds that people given advice by top performers thought that it helped them more, even though it usually didn't.
@silvermouse said:
Source:
Association for Psychological Science
Summary:
New research finds that people given advice by top performers thought that it helped them more, even though it usually didn't.
@peter4jc said:
...an interesting article from the Dispatch.
The God Gap Helps Explain a 'Seismic Shift' in American Politics
The most important religious divide isn't between right and left, but between left and left.
Funny how "they" get all confused when we don't stay in the boxes they made for us.
WARNING: The above post may contain thoughts or ideas known to the State of Caliphornia to cause seething rage, confusion, distemper, nausea, perspiration, sphincter release, or cranial implosion to persons who implicitly trust only one news source, or find themselves at either the left or right political extreme. Proceed at your own risk.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
"Accompanying this vitriol and anomie, it would seem, is a widespread lack of scepticism toward one’s own political beliefs. Some people are not just confident, but absolutely, 100 per cent certain that their views about how to order society are optimal. For these people, extremism and animosity might seem to be the only logical route. The philosopher of science Karl Popper went so far as to argue that absolute certainty is the foundational component of totalitarianism: if one is sure that one’s political philosophy will lead to the best possible future for humankind, all manner of terrible acts become justifiable in service of the greater good."
The First Biological Portrait of Stalk-Eyed Fruit Flies: Life History, Reproductive Biology and Host Use Patterns in Pelmatops spp. (Diptera: Tephritidae)
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...an interesting article from the Dispatch.
The God Gap Helps Explain a 'Seismic Shift' in American Politics
The most important religious divide isn't between right and left, but between left and left.
(https://frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/the-most-important-religious-divide)
Very interesting article Peter. Religion being used as a political weapon has been going on for quite some time and in my opinion is beyond despicable.
Sooooo many things in this article that could be discussed, but my thumbs can’t take it lol.
Thank you for sharing the article, Peter, like Rusty said, it is very interesting. It poses many observations that deserve thought, preferably while smoking a cigar.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
Source:
Association for Psychological Science
Summary:
New research finds that people given advice by top performers thought that it helped them more, even though it usually didn't.
https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976211054089
Does anyone else feel intellectual challenged when checking out @silvermouses reading material?
Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.
Me
Pretty interesting book
Funny how "they" get all confused when we don't stay in the boxes they made for us.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
“Twisted Prey” by John Sanford.
" Extreme Prey" by John Sandford.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
"We are beginning to lose our connection with the real world,"
--Erno Rubik
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/half-century-world-worse-off-many-ways-says-cube-inventor-rubik-2022-07-28/
https://ia801807.us.archive.org/8/items/lilly-john-c-programming-and-metaprogramming-in-the-human-biocomputer/Lilly John C Programming and Metaprogramming in the Human Biocomputer.pdf
Atmospheric warming altering ocean salinity
https://phys.org/news/2012-04-rainfall.html
@EgoBoundary
Golden Prey John Sandford.
about boysenberries, originated in 1923.
https://www.rudysoriginal.com/boysenberry-blog/
https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-your-time-is-up-israeli-forces-kill-terrorist-leader-attack-islamic-jihad-in-gaza
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
https://entomologytoday.org/2022/08/05/optical-coherence-tomography-moth-eyes-light-dark-adapt/
"Accompanying this vitriol and anomie, it would seem, is a widespread lack of scepticism toward one’s own political beliefs. Some people are not just confident, but absolutely, 100 per cent certain that their views about how to order society are optimal. For these people, extremism and animosity might seem to be the only logical route. The philosopher of science Karl Popper went so far as to argue that absolute certainty is the foundational component of totalitarianism: if one is sure that one’s political philosophy will lead to the best possible future for humankind, all manner of terrible acts become justifiable in service of the greater good."
https://psyche.co/ideas/popper-was-right-about-the-link-between-certainty-and-extremism
So does his certainty on the subject make him an extremist?🤔
I am certain it does.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
Are you planning to read all the Sackett books?
Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.
As many as I can get my hands on.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
I had a buddy with everything
L'amour had written made for a good summer.
Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.
Have a collection of leather bound Louis L'amour books.
My mom and dad have a bunch like that as well. They look real nice!
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
Lol
NASA Has Plans to Probe Uranus
https://slate.com/technology/2022/08/nasa-uranus-probe-orbiter-lol-sorry.html
All they will find out is that it stinks there.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
interesting critters:
The First Biological Portrait of Stalk-Eyed Fruit Flies: Life History, Reproductive Biology and Host Use Patterns in Pelmatops spp. (Diptera: Tephritidae)
https://academic.oup.com/aesa/advance-article/doi/10.1093/aesa/saac011/6628560?login=false