Critical Thinking QuickLinks — January 2024
Curing vaccine hesitancy, free will, AI vs information, educating youth to do the right thing
Thanks to everyone who took the time to participate in our survey on year-end charitable giving. Fully 78 percent of respondents told us that they make charitable donations in December, however the majority of these respondents indicated that they did not give MORE in December than in other months. Of those who do give more…
Edan Tasca In 2004, a psychologist who worked for a travel company called SkyTravel produced a press release that garnered some popular appeal, arguing that there is a most depressing day of every year. It occurs around the third week of January. He called it Blue Monday. The idea was that a lot of unhappy…
Keith Douglas Happy new year everyone! I hope everyone can find a time to be happy this year, at some point. Last time, I began the topic of explanation vs. excuse. I do not have an explanation for why I received no comments, but that’s what happened. More on Explanations and Excuses This time I…
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