George Orwell, author of the famous dystopian novel 1984, defined totalitarianism as: “A society living by and for continuous warfare in which the ruling caste have ceased to have any real function but succeed in clinging to power through force and fraud.”
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The Demise of Science
Recently, I saw a bumper sticker on the back of a car in a local parking lot that read “Science Is Not A Conspiracy.” I assume this statement to mean that science and conspiracy are mutually exclusive of one another, and that “conspiracy theories” have no relation whatsoever to science.
Continue readingThe Psychology of Order Following
In 1961, Yale University Psychologist Stanley Milgrim conducted an experiment in an attempt to explain the psychology of genocide, and in particular how the Nazis could have done what they did. Participants in the study were 40 men aged 20-50 and were all led to believe they were participating in a study on memory and learning, to ostensibly see what the effect of punishment was on the ability to memorize content.
Continue readingCovid-19 Injection: The Other Side of the Story
The subject of vaccination, and in particular the Covid-19 injection, is one of the biggest issues of our day. It has been a subject that has caused division between friends and family members, has caused people to do something they normally wouldn’t because their place of employment mandated it, and has been a major point of contention as to its safety and efficacy, or lack thereof.
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