Justifying the unjustified again

I was thinking recently about the power of poetry to convince people with things which may otherwise be meaningless. I noticed that the power of poetry in shaping the human mindset is so great and you can see how a national anthem for example could charge national sentiments and a love poem would inflame the [...]

As Barriers Disappear, Some Gender Gaps Widen – NYTimes.com

When men and women take personality tests, some of the old Mars-Venus stereotypes keep reappearing. On average, women are more cooperative, nurturing, cautious and emotionally responsive. Men tend to be more competitive, assertive, reckless and emotionally flat. Clear differences appear in early childhood and never disappear. Findings – As External Barriers Disappear, Internal Gender Gaps [...]

Manageable goals

“By making our goal more clearer, by making it seem more manageable and less remote, we help more people to see it, to draw hope from it and to move irrisitablly towards it.” John F. Kennedy

Reasoning and justifications

I think the natural way to reach a result is to examine our reasoning and reach a logical result for a certain argument. It happens a lot that we put the result which we want to reach and begin finding justifications for reaching this result. It’s very easy to find any justification for anything. So, [...]

One country globe

If the loyalty must be to the country not to the tribe or the religious group or anything, don’t you think we’re falling in the same trap again? Why not say: “the loyalty must not be to the country, it must be to the human race?”

A good lie

One good way to give credibility to a lie is to attach it to a fact or another lie. For example if I tell you that someone through himself from your building it’s hard for you to Believe it but if I tell you that his name is George Deeb it’s harder for you to [...]

The power of stories

You know what? I think stories are the most important part of human life. Communist countries used stories about the struggle of ordinary people. Religions used stories about faith, about the power of gods, messengers and those faithful to them. In war time, stories are used to emphasize heroism and sacrifice. And marketing guys use [...]

I don’t trust history

I don’t trust histoy. One reason I didn’t think about before is that the dead can not speak.

Tags are better

The wonderful feature I first saw in Gmail is tagging. Instead of putting a message in one folder I can put it in several folders virtually by assigning some tags to it. Well one thing I learned in life is not to categorize things or people. Because it’s not only bad, good or other. And [...]