The idea of political correctness does come from a place of goodness. However, in practice it’s pretty misguided in its attempts to make the world a friendlier, more inclusive place. Mostly because people use it to nitpick and police the language of those they disagree with, thereby absolving them from having to do any critical thinking or…

Hi Mr. Hopkins,

The article is a brilliant and gripping read, and judging by the number of recommends it has got, it sure is appealing to the target audience. The whole article combines two of the most famous ‘characteristics’ of the ‘nerd life, ‘Friends’ Sitcom and the feeling of being bullied, misunderstood & the apparent…

Hi Mr. David Hopkins,

Very nicely written. I could never have thought of this angle to such a famous sitcom. If I be allowed to slightly deviate from your take on this and also from the one by Mukilan Pannirselvam in the comments to this post, I’d like to point out a few things that have kind of been in my head for a long…

Does the will have to play a role here? I think that the will is always based upon an underlying desire that urges for realization. In my observation of children, the majority has a mediocre willpower, and only the leader natures have strong or *iron* willpower. I have also observed that the new generations, those who are in Kindergarten right now…

I have been thinking about this exact point. When I was a kid, I went through a short(200 pages or so) sci-fi read every week. I read all of them before the publisher could publish more of that series, so I went to another series and another. I read many non-fiction books and tried things out to cement the learning.