Truth course
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***markets | ***markets | ||
**hill-climbing, maxima, etc. | **hill-climbing, maxima, etc. | ||
| − | *deception | + | *deception -- everybody lies |
| + | ** government | ||
| + | ** business | ||
| + | ** religion | ||
| + | ** scientists | ||
| + | ** friends | ||
| + | ** ourselves | ||
| + | *** Dan Ariely’s recently published book, “The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone – Especially Ourselves.” | ||
*denialism (http://scienceblogs.com/denialism/) | *denialism (http://scienceblogs.com/denialism/) | ||
**http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T4UF_Rmlio | **http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T4UF_Rmlio | ||
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** Or is it true that hardly any philosophy starts with such clear premises, and never states the premises precisely because it would be so easy to spot why they are invalid? | ** Or is it true that hardly any philosophy starts with such clear premises, and never states the premises precisely because it would be so easy to spot why they are invalid? | ||
* [http://www.talkorigins.org/origins/postmonth/feb02.html Morton's Demon] | * [http://www.talkorigins.org/origins/postmonth/feb02.html Morton's Demon] | ||
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* http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/reasons-matter-when-intuitions-dont-object/ | * http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/reasons-matter-when-intuitions-dont-object/ | ||
* All Marketers Are Liars by Seth Godin | * All Marketers Are Liars by Seth Godin | ||
