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Values Clarification
I’ve been through half a dozen values clarification sessions in my life. I never liked them. For one thing, I never thought they helped clarify anyone’s values. Typically, the group is presented with a hypothetical scenario requiring the sacrifice of one or more members to guarantee survival of those that remain. Because the scenarios are…
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Liar’s Paradox
I added a page to my web site about the Liar’s Paradox. I felt it belonged on my web site rather than my blog because it deals with logic and matters of interest to recreational mathematicians. Besides hosting my blog, my web site has a few articles about mathematical curiosities and a couple of puzzles.…
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Yummy Numbness
I’m not sure exactly when it happened or how. Somehow the Minnesota reserve, that diffidence born of snow and ice and too many layers of winter clothing has seeped into my body and made me more frozen, less capable of giving and receiving warmth. Maybe it was the accident. Maybe it was getting laid off.…