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March 9, 2020March 9, 2020 Bruce Straight

Get your geek on!

I’ve been on campus for most of the day and around noon I took a break at Geek’s Café – a meeting place for superheroes and nerds – where the above plaque is attached to the wall of the outdoor seating area. How much geek is in you? How many of the culture references can … Continue reading Get your geek on!

February 20, 2020February 20, 2020 Bruce Straight

My dogma got ran over by your karma

In previous blogs we have written about confirmation bias. We have also examined movements like flight shaming, that use guilt to change individual behavior that is damaging to the common good or simply considered societally unacceptable. Today my biased dogma got seriously shamed by some unpleasant karma. You see, when it comes to the environment, … Continue reading My dogma got ran over by your karma

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