Monthly Archives: June 2017

Sexist Quantification

Posted on 2017/06/27 by pk

Quantification is a key concept, modern and still only partially developed: Galileo timed things with his pulse: most people still don’t get it, not even if they’re in a science department at Harvard. Wimbledon is coming, the tennis world, the … Continue reading →

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Job Offer

Posted on 2017/06/20 by pk

/ Teens / My poor mother threw our father out not because he was a drunk but because of his philandering. Once Mom saw that Dad was not doing what she’d thought he was supposed to do, love and support … Continue reading →

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Fallacies

Posted on 2017/06/17 by pk

/ Thinking Tools / The School Fallacy I’ve never been a fan of named fallacies: The Pathetic Fallacy, the Ad Hominem Fallacy. I don’t trust fallacies we’re schooled about: but I’m about to jot notes about a common error of … Continue reading →

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