Monthly Archives: October 2017

TRUTH TELLING    

Posted on October 26, 2017 by hbgelatt

Should It Be Required?                                                                         … Continue reading →

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MYSIDE BIAS

Posted on October 19, 2017 by hbgelatt

Self-Serving Bias In Politics We prefer to believe what we prefer to be true. Francis Bacon The confirmation bias is also known as the myside bias and I have come to prefer myside. The bias is defined as: the tendency … Continue reading →

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FACT CHECKING

Posted on October 9, 2017 by hbgelatt

In The Mind’s Eye  Every person should have a built-in automatic fact detector operating inside his/her mind’s eye. (To paraphrase Ernest Hemingway’s famous crap detector quote.) Fact and truth are synonyms. Fact checking is a way to verify the truth … Continue reading →

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BELIEFS AS BRIDGES

Posted on October 2, 2017 by hbgelatt

Or Barriers Your beliefs pave your way to success or block you.  Marsha Sinetar All beliefs are not all the same. Some beliefs are positive; some beliefs are negative. Some are dogmatic, some are tentative. Some optimistic, some pessimistic. Some beliefs … Continue reading →

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