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Sunday September 14, 2008 · 4:32 AM PDT

2008/09/14 · 04:32

I think this is a word that we throw around alot - "this campaign has turned ugly. "That vase is ugly". and occssionaly we will address it toward something that is hard for us to reconcile, but is none the less true - there are people who are ugly. Not in a physical appearance notion of the word, but in a pure humainiatiran nature of the world.

I struggle with this notion. I would truly love to believe that there are no ugly people, just conditions that make us dwell upon the ugliest aspects of human nature. Then I review particular people in america media - Ann Coulter - is there any redeeming factor that makes her not an ugly ugly person?
I can't find any.

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Friday September 05, 2008 · 6:18 AM PDT

2008/09/05 · 06:18

I hope that people will give this some consideration, instead of rushing into emotional reponses however my feeling is that they won't.

I see many problems in this world. I see a consumption or resources that far exceeds our production. I see expanding life expectancy rates. I see decreased mortality rates among the developing countries (no value judgement here, just observation.)

The thing is that I cannot make an argument for these increasing growth rates, and balance them against my belief in a sustainable environment.

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Monday September 01, 2008 · 5:25 AM PDT

2008/09/01 · 05:25

I just finished my first draft for a research paper that I've been struggling to work on, so I'm taking a moment to indulge in more selfish writing...

The past few days I've been thinking about intellectual integrity. Why do we believe what we do and why do we believe it? Do you ever take a look at one your beliefs and evaluate whether you have truly considered it in an intellectually honest way, or have you just adopted an opinion because it felt right or seemed like a popular idea?

I think specifically of the flat-earthers - those so willfully ignorant that they flat out refuse to believe any scientific data that demonstrates that evolution might actually be a correct scientific theory, or that global climate change is actually occurring.

I like to think that Democrats in general value scientific enquiry and critical thinking, but sometimes the evidence indicates that our critical thinking is not applied universally, but rather only to those that affirm our preconceived opinions.

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