Tag: Bertrand Russell

MIT linguistics professor emeritus Noam Chomsky belongs in the same class as Bertrand Russell: a small group of extremely intelligent people whose contribution to society is a blend of a penetrating understanding of the world, married with a profoundly humanistic …

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Epictetus said this, though not in modern-day Spanish. It’s just another way of saying what is attributed to Bertrand Russell: “The problem with the world is that fools are completely sure of their beliefs, where wise men are so full …

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Spot on.  Who hasn’t observed this in his own life? I’m not sure whose idea this was originally, but it certainly predates Bukowski; I’m going with Bertrand Russell. This whole concept goes back to “Socratic wisdom,” i.e., the idea that …

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I agree with what Bertrand Russell said on the subject: Anyone who believes in eternal punishment for any crimes committed in this life cannot be consider to be completely moral. Having said that, the meme here is funny.  And, on …

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Good cartoon here. Few people believe in hell; this is fortunate because as Bertrand Russell pointed out, speaking of the defects of Christ’s character, no truly compassionate person can believe in eternal punishment. That notwithstanding, the fortune-teller has nailed Trump’s …

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From Bertrand Russell: “The first thing to realize…is that most people go through life with a whole world of beliefs that have no sort of rational justification, and that one man’s world of beliefs is apt to be incompatible with …

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From the time I was a small boy until just the past few years, I believed exactly what Bertrand Russell said here. Two centuries before Russell, Voltaire had pointed out, referring to religion as the basis for most of our …

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This from Pastor John Pavlovitz: If there’s a hell, it will be for professed Christians who pretended to care about “life” while making this place a living hell for so much of it. I disagree, and I have to say …

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I sometimes find myself making snap judgements about people based simply on their appearance, and I don’t like that about myself.  The guy in the picture here, however, simply exudes certain characteristics that anyone could spot.  I’m thinking: • Adores the …

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Please check out the “DK” curve at left. From Bertrand Russell: The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

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