The Lack of “Socratic Wisdom” Is So Glaring in Today’s Society
At left we see the reason that Socrates is often regarded as Western Civilization’s greatest philosopher.
Being aware of how little one really knows requires a profound level of humility. I’m sure it was rare back in his day, and it’s almost completely absent in our public forums today, at least in the U.S.
In fact, now we have a relatively recent theory in psychology, the Dunning-Kruger Effect, a type of cognitive bias in which people with little knowledge of a particular subject tend to grossly overestimate their level of understanding in that arena.
Thus, we have the MAGA crowd, featuring tens of millions of experts on constitutional law, epidemiology, and macroeconomics.
As the United States regresses back into time, opportunities for humor arise on an almost-daily basis.
In an earlier post, I referred to Trump’s ploy of arguing with “childishly poor logic,” and I suggested that he can’t get away with this forever, as he’s forced to increase the extent of each lie so as to cover up the one before it.
FWIW, I don’t believe in the Antichrist.
Reader A: Why aren’t we exploring zero-point energy? Curious.
As shown in the photo here, this is a genuinely good idea. 
As we’re all seeing, 
As a grammar snob, I find it impossible to read a headline like the one above and not flinch. The phrase unique enough qualifies the word unique, which is a big fat no-no, for the obvious reason that something, in this case, a name, is either unique or it’s not. It’s the equivalent of saying, “She’s somewhat pregnant.”
