by lepton | Nov 5, 2014 | Poetry
the therapeutic-industrial complex demonizes dependence medicalizes malaise pathologizes perception and trumps truth you’re not only not allowed to believe certain things you’re not even allowed to believe you’re not allowed to believe these things...
by lepton | Oct 31, 2014 | Autism Specific, Matters of the Heart, Power Dynamic
One of the many reasons society isn’t comfortable around those with aspergers syndrome is we tend to believe like kings. Believing like a king involves seeing the world to the closest approximation that it really is. Believing like a king involves knowing that...
by lepton | Oct 26, 2014 | Faith
You can’t have good science without good instruments. Microscopes, telescopes, supercolliders, you name it. Only with well collaborated instruments can you crunch the data and make empirical claims. With religion you’re basically taking away the instruments while...
by lepton | Oct 26, 2014 | Economy, Faith
We didn’t evolve to think logically. We evolved to survive and reproduce and this involved filling the gaps of our knowledge with magical thinking. This is because magical thinking helped group cohesion and kept people from the unknown. How many aboriginal...
by lepton | Oct 26, 2014 | Social Situations
The only word for vocational assistance that piques my interest is job placement. “Interview skills training” to me is like teaching people how to wield a jackknife up against someone with an M-16.
