Trump and Truth
Gene GlotzerThis sign recently appeared in one of my neighbor's yards: I don't know these neighbors. And, seeing as they're Trump supporters, I have no interest in getting to know them.…
Nutrition and Economics
https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=136309&picture=dollar-sign-ii Nutrition is a strange science, if science is the right word for it. It acts like a science. It has hypotheses and experiments and studies. There are nutritionists who…
No One Can Know
In 2019, I joined a 12 stories in 12 months challenge. Each month we are given a prompt and a word count and we build our stories from there. This…
He’s No Lie
Sometime around twenty years ago when I was in my early twenties, I read a book called "Truth: A History and a Guide for the Perplexed" by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto. I…
A Difficult Question
I've been asked whether I've thought about hurting myself a lot in the last six or seven months, always by medical professionals. The short answer is no, I haven't thought…
Knowledge Without Belief
Since at least the time of Plato, people have generally accepted that knowledge is justified true belief. Sure there are some who disagree by raising Gettier Problems or denying the possibility of…