Occasionally in life we’re confronted with those incredibly grouchy people who simply cannot be persuaded to find the good in anything. On those occasions it can be helpful to be armed with a few phrases to either interrupt the grouchy pattern or create enough of a diversion to make an escape. Here are 20 potential …
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Logic ladders
If a person thinks everyone should just turn off their cars and stop “idling”, then obviously the next step is also to stop driving slowly. Driving slowly is as close as it gets to running a car “in idle”. The next step would be deciding at what speed a car could not be mistaken as …
Evidence
Recently, I was told, by someone who was objectively observing me, that I’m “one of those people” who must have evidence. I accept. I agree. Show me the evidence. Evidence comes in two main forms. There’s empirical evidence, and there’s empyreal evidence. Empirical evidence is temporal, tangible, often visible. Chromosomes, for instance, are evidence which …
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Babies
Clearly, the world loves babies. It’s no accident. If you look at it scientifically, we ensure the survival of our species if we have a deep admiration for our young. That’s the stodgy, clinical answer to the question, “Why?” But there’s more… Why else do we love babies? Because they’re a continuation of our own …
