I wonder if the reason the USSR was engaging in
brinkmanship was less for imperialism and exporting
communism, than from fear of the U.S. threat.
Looked at strategically, the USSR was surrounded by
enemies. America had bases in Japan, Turkey, Europe,
etc. When Castro invited Russia to
More evidence of how badly designed the brain is. I can only add a
truism: It’s cheap to maintain Lies and expensive to maintain Trvth.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128490874f=1014sc=tw
New research suggests that misinformed people rarely change their minds
when
On 14 Nov 2010, at 11:14, KZK wrote:
More evidence of how badly designed the brain is. I can only add a truism:
It’s cheap to maintain Lies and expensive to maintain Trvth.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128490874f=1014sc=tw
New research suggests that
On 11/14/2010 10:39 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 14 Nov 2010, at 11:14, KZK wrote:
More evidence of how badly designed the brain is. I can only add
a truism: It’s cheap to maintain Lies and expensive to maintain
Trvth.
KZK wrote:
On 11/14/2010 10:39 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
...
This is why it is futile to argue with religionists.
That is obvious. Anyone who professes a belief in something unprovable
(or provably false) is a denialist.
This isn't really a fair criticism. Religious belief
is often
Dawkins addresses this a bit in his book _The God Delusion_.
Evolutionarily, it makes sense. Children cannot afford to disbelieve
things that are told to them by elders. Doing so means consuming
poisonous things or getting too close to lions or other dangerous
predators. So the person
I wonder if the reason the USSR was engaging in
brinkmanship was less for imperialism and exporting
communism, than from fear of the U.S. threat.
Wouldn't a reasonable person analyze the stated US
policy towards the Soviet Union since about '48,and
look at the history between '48 and
Hmmm... been away a few days and wrote to Jeroen when I saw this tonight...
but the mail bounced. I guess it was a short window of opportunity?
No real money available, anyway, but I wouldn't mind having the list in one
of those domains.
Nick
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 4:16 AM, Jeroen van
