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One man derives his beliefs by taking an idea that seems valuable or desirable to him and enshrining it in multiple layers of stubborn refusal to believe anything contrary to it.  He guards it and even builds his own identity … Continue reading →

Here’s a graphical representation (below) of a model I’m currently considering.  It regards the question of how we should regulate our level of certainty on any particular belief.  The idea is simple:  We need to understand first the nature of … Continue reading →

What do activists do?  Well, they try to motivate others to “wake up” and change things that need changing. “And what’s ironic about that?”, you ask. What’s ironic about that is that a great many activists are attempting to bring … Continue reading →

Billy has a box.  In his box is a belief.  It is both important and special—a belief to be guarded and treasured—something of which to be proud and confident. He was given the belief long ago by a highly-trusted person … Continue reading →

Dear Readers, I have been attacked by computerized spam registrations on my blog site (jackpelham.com).  I have over 1,500 registered users who are not real people.   Therefore, I am about to purge my users list. This means that those of … Continue reading →

There is, to me, no house so cold as one that needs no fireplace.  The building and tending of fire has become for me such a primal instinct as to leave me feeling incomplete when it is not needed.  In … Continue reading →

The following article was written with these goals in mind: To be readily understood by all. To be offensive to no one. To be considered relevant and timely to all. To spur everyone on while discouraging no one.

It appears that I might just be unworthy of the website, Upworthy.com.  Having never heard of it before, my interest was piqued when I read this description on a friend’s Facebook post: