Emotional Pragmatism

Being rational and realistic still leaves room for important emotions

Some of us are born as pragmatists and others learn to be pragmatic, but either way we experience inherent conflicts between pragmatism and emotion — a dynamic balance that is sometimes easy and…

Intellectual Elitist

Intelligence, wisdom and enlightenment are the most important aspects of human progressive evolution

“My name’s Eduardo and I’m an intellectual elitist.”
“Hi Eduardo.”

The Pragmatic Gender

Women tend to prefer working together to create success

It seems fairly well documented that women and men communicate with different styles and often with different goals. Although there are multiple sources for this conclusion, the one that remains most compelling…

Silence As Acquiescence

Acquiescence is agreement or consent via silence or without objection/protest

By definition, acquiescence is passive acceptance or submission. In other words, agreement or consent via silence or without objection/protest. There are numerous reasons why…

Ambiguity Meets IQ

A multi-answer approach to problems is referred to as high tolerance for ambiguity

There are a variety of ways in which those who are particularly intelligent differ from others. Among these is the ability to hold several possible answers to a given question without…

Anecdotes Aren’t Data

However truthful anecdotes are, they do not represent statistical evidence

An anecdote is a short, informal account about something. Anecdotal evidence is a collection of anecdotes. A defining feature of anecdotes is that they consist of real incidents experienced…

Weaponized Sensitivity

The political left has adopted censorship and conformity that used to be the exclusive identity of the political right

Some liberals have adopted the term progressive, leading to infighting regarding what the differences and different versions of the two might…

Heuristics

Thinking heuristically speeds up the process of finding a satisfactory solution when an optimal solution is impossible or impractical

To state the obvious, pragmatism is about the search for truth, but with the expressed or implied assumption that absolutes and certainty are not…

Game Theory

The success or failure of game theory is — to put it bluntly — the competence or incompetence of participants

Game theory is one of those human endeavors that attempts to rationalize the process of making choices/decisions, including choosing reactions when others are making…

Randomness And Game Theory

The theoretical supposition is that randomness and non-zero-game theory can coexist

Don’t be put off by the following: Game theory is the study of mathematical models of strategic interaction between rational decision-makers. It applies to a wide range of…