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Category Archives: Social Sciences
Trump: The Suicide of Civilization?
The election of Donald J. Trump to the American Presidency in 2016 represents a stunning victory of ignorance over intelligence, a triumph of fraudulent salesmanship over honest customer service. To the extent that Trump succeeds in boosting irreversible climate change … Continue reading
The Foundations of Morality, And Where Plato Went Wrong
Author’s note: Readers not familiar with my work might wish to start with this article, the summary of my next book, which explains the basics of my thoughts on human beings and social sciences. Get yourself a snack and a … Continue reading
Syria As a Mirror to the World
The Syrian nation-state is riven by civil war (exacerbated by external forces), and seems in serious danger of collapse into a state of anarchy so great, that little or nothing of the lives of its inhabitants can saved from destruction, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Psychology, Social Sciences, Uncategorized
Tagged human futures, human prospects, perception, Syria, Syrian conflict, Syrian history, world history
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Advanced Theodicy for Practical People
Let’s see if we can’t get a little deeper into the question of theodicy, the question of why “god” allows evil to exist in the world. I am qualified to be your guide today, as I do consider myself to … Continue reading
Posted in History, Philosophy, Ron Brandstetter, Social Sciences, spiritual ron
Tagged evil, evil in the world, explanations of evil, God, human evil, moral ambiguity, science, spirit, spirituality, theodicy
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No, Public Managers Shouldn’t Get Business Manager Salaries
Author’s note: This article is a result of my recent foray into local activism, investigating the situation of my dysfunctional local agency that provides water to myself and thousands of my neighbors. The results of that investigation are a bit … Continue reading
Why Opinion Polls Aren’t As Scientific As Claimed
There is a fundamental misrepresentation, a basic exaggeration, being perpetrated by companies doing telephone opinion polling, which makes their claims of “accuracy” false …the whole problem is they just can’t get a truly random sample by telephone. Continue reading