Burton VoorheesDimensions of Value, Virtues, and Self-ResponsibilityAbout twenty years ago I read a comment by the anthropologist Matt Cartmill [1] to the effect that people on the far left and far right…Oct 29Oct 29
Burton VoorheesMeasure for Measure Did Not Measure UpExcepting Covid, every summer since the early 90s my wife and I have gone to Bard on the Beach, the annual summer Shakespeare festival in…Sep 55Sep 55
Burton VoorheesinNew ChoicesWell Made, Well PlayedThe perfect is the enemy of the good. VoltaireAug 2111Aug 2111
Burton VoorheesinThe Quantastic JournalThinking Straight. II: Automatic Processes“Study the assumptions behind your actions. Then study the assumptions behind your assumptions.” Idries Shah, Learning How to LearnAug 162Aug 162
Burton VoorheesinThe Quantastic JournalThinking Straight. I: Heuristics of Reason“Ignorance is servitude and knowledge gives hope, but only understanding is freedom.” Idries Shah, ObservationsAug 135Aug 135
Burton VoorheesA Fish Needs A BicycleTo swim up stream to spawn, a bicycle will do To get you past the rapids you’d be swimming through. So find one bright and shiny, with a…Aug 2Aug 2
Burton VoorheesinThe Quantastic JournalMoral Orientation and Critical ThoughtTraining aesthetic sensitivity is as crucial as teaching analytical and critical techniques, setting students on the path toward objective…Jul 234Jul 234
Burton VoorheesIs Health Care a Human Right [1]?There is a story told that the anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what it was that she considered the first sign of human…Jul 215Jul 215
Burton VoorheesDid Biden Have Covid?I aw in the morning news that Biden had a cold during the debate. Perhaps, we’ll have to see. If so, though, was it covid? I came down with…Jul 32Jul 32