PinnedFrank BreslininAge of AwarenessDid School Teach You to Think or Memorize?Vivere est cogitare. To live is to think (Cicero, Tusculan Disputations, 5. 38. 111). How do we know when we’re thinking and not merely…Aug 181Aug 181
PinnedFrank BreslininAge of AwarenessThree Reasons Why Public High Schools Don’t Teach Critical ThinkingThe following warning should be affixed atop every computer in America’s schools: Proceed at your own risk. Don’t accept as true what…Dec 2, 202357Dec 2, 202357
PinnedFrank Breslin13 Fallacies You May be CommittingIn our daily lives, we often sense that something is not quite right with a line of reasoning, although we aren’t quite sure what it is…Jul 291Jul 291
Frank BreslinIrreverent Thoughts on Fate, Chance, and ProvidencePersonal Guilt Without Intentionality11h ago11h ago
Frank BreslininAge of AwarenessHow Our Culture, Century, & the Media Affect Our JudgmentIn one brief moment in time on an insignificant planet in a minor galaxy, we unaccountably presume that we are the center of the universe…Aug 271Aug 271
Frank BreslininAge of AwarenessSuppressing Truth in the ClassroomOnce upon a time over the portals of the fabled Library of Alexandria were chiseled these words: “The Hospital for the Soul.” This majestic…Aug 26Aug 26
Frank BreslininAge of AwarenessWriters Talk about LifeThe Latin poet Ovid once said that “poets hold certain things sacred no matter how different the paths they pursue.” They come from all…Aug 26Aug 26
Frank BreslininAge of AwarenessThe Wrong Reason for ReadingSome young people today spend so much time reading that they almost cease to exist as persons. Compared to virtually the entire younger…Aug 26Aug 26
Frank BreslininAge of AwarenessA School Should Teach You to Question & DoubtIners malorum remedium ignorantia est. Ignorance is a poor remedy for our ills (Seneca, Oedipus, 515). A charlatan continues: We beg to…Aug 26Aug 26