He is teaching himself what he needs to believe. Full stop.

They could afford to lose more than America’s entire population.

With the earth’s population now n…[Read more]

Religion offers social capital and atheism doesn’t?

Atheism doesn’t require masochism; religion does.

’Nuf said.

For you, Simon.

For me, self-care is entirely pragmatic.

My Catholic dad started the first two of his five children—my older sister and me—in a public school before Catholic bishops decreed that Catholic parents should send their children to Cat…[Read more]

C’mon, Simon; religion is important TO YOU.

BTW, the moon’s halves require each other. I like the pic but the metaphor is poor.

I found it and a lot more musical humor by searching on the title. A youtube search also found it but without the other humor.or

They may be doing as coal mine canaries once did, warning miners of deadly gases. Shooters may be warning some of us of our serious and worsening overpopulation problem. Add their numbers to the many others engaged in killing us.

Are we sapient enough to understand the d…[Read more]

A person’s body might be strong enough that its immune response can defeat the effects of an infection without medical intervention.

Similarly, a person’s mind might be strong enough that one or more of its PTS stages can defeat the effects of a traumatic event without therapeutic intervention.

The French approach? The Amer…[Read more]

The lonely YB character starts with a non-specific plea for help or complaint.

The WDY character tries to help and suggests a remedy.

YB says something like “That’s not good enough” and  wins the round.

WDY, not wanting to lose, tries again.

The exchanges continue, YB always winning and WDY always losing…[Read more]

Just as the stages of the body’s immune response system are how the body protects the body from infection, PTS’s four stages—hyperalertness, emotional avoidance, physical  avoidance, acting out—are how the mind protects the mind from trauma.

As to the ‘self’, we each take one everywhere we…[Read more]

What are you folks smoking?

It’s short and easy to read. It requires the state to pay for the “feminine hygiene products”.

Will you reply, “Yes, but….” to that?

It’s hugely important that #metoo women be out. That’s because the most significant political action #metoo women can take is to come out to friends and family and coworkers, because those…[Read more]

Who brought ‘groping rights’ out of the closet? Was it Donald Trump?

His excesses brought ‘#metoo’ out.

BTFW, I heard of Hollywood casting couches. My not having one annoyed me.

Post traumatic stress is the mind protecting the mind after a mental injury. It’s no more a disorder than the body’s immune response is a disorder.

The DSM was WRONG about homosexuality but many believed what it said and hurt many homosexuals.

Yeah, I’m shouting.

Bellen wins, and winning is fun so she won’t quit.

You all lose, so you’ll have to quit.

How to quit? Stop making suggestions.

Instead, ask Bellen to tell you how she will fix her problem. She might not know so you might have to insist.

How…[Read more]

Those people don’t know you exist and they’re talking about themseles.

I hope you deal with it.

You will be happier and so will your youngster.

(Imagine that from a guy who a few days ago started his 88th year.)

When are thought experiments strong? They aren’t, but conclusions resulting from them might be strong enough to survive criticism, or weak enough to not survive it.

For instance, one or more conclusions of Einstein’s thought experiments are weak because he assumed without evidence that nothing travels…[Read more]

And about the questioner.

That’s miles better than later telling him she has a headache.

At the end tit4tat formerly occupied, put sociopathy. It does exist and probably always has.

Not mentally ill, jake. Experiencing post-traumatic stress. Which, btw, is no more a disorder than the immune response is.

Do you want to get me started on that?

Maybe, after you expound on “Suppose it’s all false.”

Thirty-plus years later I got my revenge. While on a jury with a Catholic priest who looked young enough to have recently completed training, we went to lunch and happened to sit…[Read more]