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The Science of Morality

By |2023-08-08T09:26:01-05:00August 8th, 2023|Categories: August 2023, blog|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Updated from February 6, 2017 No one speaks of morality anymore. It’s not sexy. Morality – the extent to which an action is right or wrong. A working definition of morality indicates what is a "right" or "wrong" way to behave. Humans experience right and wrong based on the consequences of their actions. When life [...]

Promises, Lies, and Statistics

By |2022-10-25T20:36:55-05:00October 25th, 2022|Categories: blog, October 2022|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic. ― Joseph Stalin The problem with statistics? Nothing is ever certain, but politicians and journalists, alike, throw numbers around like they are absolutely certain. For these officials, statistics are a means to an end, a way to validate their point of view. Since [...]

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