Anyone who read Stoic philosophy knows about “The Painted Porch.” Not THAT painted porch that gave stoicism its name, but Ryan Holiday’s fount of Stoic philosophy and wisdom, a book shop. I haven’t had the opportunity to visit yet, even though I live in Texas, but it’s …
I may need to get this…$15! Learn how to make sense of complicated arguments with 14 video lessons and activities. Recommended for ages 13 and up. Symbolic logic helps us to break down arguments into parts in order to figure out whether or not they are good ones. This course is meant for ages 13 …
TexTeacher offers the Parable of the Two Towers. It is worth a read: Once there were two young brothers who were given a task to discover a way to stop the dragon which kept burning the flags that flew from the top of the castle. Read more The parable embraces risk-taking and conversation with …
As I’ve shared in the past, one of the reasons I started Another Think Coming was how often I found myself revisiting old ideas that were no longer accurate or reflective of new information. You wake up one morning and the preponderance of the evidence has forced you to reconsider what you …
Doesn’t this sound familiar? “Remember that it’s not only the desire for wealth and position that debases and subjugates us, but also the desire for peace, leisure, travel, and learning. It doesn’t matter what the external thing is, the value we place on it subjugates us to another . . . …
Doug Johnson introduced me to a new quote from Christopher Hitchens. I’d first run into Hitchen’s Razor, which goes like this: What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. That’s a great quote and one of the first that went into my notebook on …
Have you encountered obstacles in achieving your goal? Do you imagine that once you achieve a certain pinnacle, it will all be OK from that point forward? No more issues or things getting in your way of being happy or worry-free? That’s not how life works, but you know, I thought it was for a …
Open Culture features a video on logical fallacies. They say: a rapid-fire introduction to many more logical fallacies, look no further than the video above. In 11 minutes, you will come across ones you may not have known about before….
Transcription: Quote “Most people will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are more inclined to accept the first story they hear. Source: Thucydides Reflection Often, this quote has described my own beliefs, fed to me by loving parents, well-meaning teachers, and printed in …
Photo by Emily Pottiger on Unsplash This was quite succinct explanation of the Scientific Method’s use and the obstacles human brains encounter when attempting to do so: The scientific method is how humans figure out how our universe works. Done correctly, it controls for the all-too-human …
Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius are two people I hadn’t heard much about except the occasional mention of Emperor Aurelius. But Epictetus' Enchiridion or Aurelius' Meditations? Not so much. That I was ignorant was probably as much my fault as that of anyone, but I’m grateful that I …
Have you ever run into someone taken by power that they will do anything to hold onto it? I have. Several times in my career in education, I have had to work in organizations with people that power had corrupted, or as Ryan puts it, “stained purple.” For whatever the reason, something …
When watching evangelicals on television, listening to incessant political adds of 2024, I am often reminded what theologian Dick Westley calls “religion vs faith” conversation. Here’s an excerpt from his book, Redemptive Intimacy: For many evangelicals, it seems Christianity is a …
Today, we must realize that schools are under attack by Christian Nationalists that are doing their best to control and destroy democracy in the United States of America. They have launched their attack and democracy can’t count on a few well-placed Democrats in the White House to do it all. …
Ok, this blog entry explores Greg Epstein’s book, Good Without God. Before that, though, I thought I’d share how I came to be reading a book about Humanism. Morality vs Religious Faith Living through COVID-19 pandemic, it’s been curious to see the assault on reason that many …