Harvard cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker has a new book, Rationality, in which he makes the case that our gut instincts are often, if not always, wrong.
He used, as an example, what he calls a “simple logic” question:
A smartphone and case, combined, cost £110. The phone costs £100 more than the case. How much is the case?
What is your answer?
Scroll down for the correct answer.
If you answered £10, like most people you are wrong.
The correct answer is £5.
Here’s how I figured it out:
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Something strange is going on.
The official Twitter accounts of Democrats are blurring Joe Biden’s presidential seal.
On November 6, 2021, Biden’s Twitter account (@JoeBiden) tweeted a video of Biden tooting the infrastructure bill in which the presidential seal on his podium is blurred:
I am so happy to say that it’s infrastructure week. pic.twitter.com/qoeyiCvegb
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 6, 2021
On November 15, 2021, the Democratic Party (@TheDemocrats) tweeted a video of Biden signing the infrastructure bill in which his presidential seal is, once again, blurred.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal is now law. pic.twitter.com/cPCVrdoDsF
— The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) November 16, 2021
The next day, Nov. 16, @TheDemocrats tweeted a video of Biden signing an executive order in which, once again, his presidential seal is blurred.
Addressing the crisis of violence against Native Americans is long overdue. Yesterday, President Biden took action to help bring it to an end. pic.twitter.com/RsJTunSNSx
— The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) November 16, 2021
Why are they doing this, and what is the covert message they’re sending?
H/t Western Journal
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Airpods are wireless headphones — and they’re not cheap.
Walmart is selling Apple Airpods in a charging case for $119.00.
Watch what this boy does when he found an airpods case in a convenient store.
There is still hope for America!
~E
In those days, I Daniel,
heard this word of the Lord:
“At that time there shall arise
Michael, the great prince,
guardian of your people;
it shall be a time unsurpassed in distress
since nations began until that time.
At that time your people shall escape,
everyone who is found written in the book.
“Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake;
some shall live forever,
others shall be an everlasting horror and disgrace.
“But the wise shall shine brightly
like the splendor of the firmament,
and those who lead the many to justice
shall be like the stars forever.”
Jesus said to his disciples:
“In those days after that tribulation
the sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light,
and the stars will be falling from the sky,
and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.
And then they will see ‘the Son of Man coming in the clouds’
with great power and glory,
and then he will send out the angels
and gather his elect from the four winds,
from the end of the earth to the end of the sky….
[W]hen you see these things happening,
know that he is near, at the gates….
But of that day or hour, no one knows,
neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
Be watchful! Be alert!
You do not know when the time will come.”
The times we live in being unsettling, there are talks of the end days.
To that I would respond that surely, our times cannot compare to the horrors of the Second World War (1939-1945), which took the lives of 70–85 million people worldwide. Surely, those living in that time had thought they were in the end days. Whatever distresses and travails of our time can hardly compare to theirs.
Jesus Himself said that “But of that day or hour, no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.”
So it really is pointless for us to speculate whether or not we are in the end days. What purpose does it serve?
Instead of engaging ourselves in apocalypse porn, think of this in another way — we all will die one day, most likely not in an apocalypse, but in a prosaic manner, whether from an accident, illness, and plain old age. Our death, for all intents and purposes, effectively will be the end days for us.
So we should heed Jesus’ injunction to “Be watchful! Be alert!” and live our lives responsibly and in truth because “You do not know when the time will come”.
May the peace and love of Our Lord Jesus Christ be with you,
~E
Where do you fit in the political typology?
Are you a Faith and Flag Conservative? Progressive Left? Or somewhere in between?
Pew Research Center has a quiz to find out which one of nine political typology groups is your best match, compared with a nationally representative survey of more than 10,000 U.S. adults.
If you find some of these questions difficult to answer, just pick the answer that comes closest to your view, even if it isn’t exactly right.
To take the quiz, click here, then report back your result!
My result:
Populist Right
… along with 11% of the public
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Study after study by various institutions had told us LGBTs (lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders) account for at most 3% of the U.S. population.
As recently as the 2010 U.S. census, less than one percent (0.773%) of U.S. households were same-sex households. (Los Angeles Times)
But that percentage is increasing as the Left relentlessly advance their civilization-destroying agenda.
Gallup Poll found that between 2012 and 2020, the percentage of Americans identifying themselves as LGBT steadily increased — from 3.5% in 2012 to 5.6% by 2020.
But that is nothing when it comes to America’s youth.
A new study, New Insights into the Generation of Growing Influence: Millennials In America, by George Barna, who leads research at Arizona Christian University’s Cultural Research Center, found that some 30% of millennials, including nearly 40% of adults 18-24, identify as “LGBTQ” — three times the proportion identified among older U.S. adults.
How can this be?
How can our sexual identity and preference be so malleable?
The study also confirms other survey data of the deChristianization of America’s young. While 65% of millennials still identify as Christian, only 50% of millennials see Christianity as at least “a little positive.”
The Barna report describes U.S. millennials as a generation that is troubled and searching for answers to their problems, while “disengaged from spiritual teaching and practice, resulting in a paucity of knowledge, understanding, experience, and growth in this realm.” Barna said:
“The resultant spiritual illiteracy virtually resigns them to a superficial worldview in which they grasp at ideas and practices that provide immediate comfort rather than lasting truth and peace. The moral chaos that characterizes the generation can likewise be traced to a dearth of coherent and pragmatic religious instruction abetted by the absence of mature moral reflection.
The widespread confusion among young adults regarding aspects of their identity — spiritual, sexual, and also related to their sense of purpose in life — are a direct outgrowth of that spiritual wisdom vacuum. It seems that often young adults fill the void by creating a self-image that is built upon self-centeredness, self-reliance, and independence. That may be perceived as arrogance, but as much as anything it may also be a defense mechanism covering up their personal deficits with which they wrestle.
Your worldview is the foundation of your decision-making. Every choice you make emerges from your worldview, which serves as the filter through which you experience, observe, imagine, interpret, and respond to reality. And every one of the thousands of choices you make every day have consequences. That means worldview is at the heart of everything we are considering in relation to the well-being and development of the young adult generation.
Given the centrality of worldview to the human experience, there can be no improvements to the life millennials lead without addressing the fundamental role of worldview. And because worldview is developed and carried out in the competitive marketplace of beliefs and behaviors, think about the pervasive consequences for millennials of rejecting the biblical worldview in favor of other, more popular alternatives.”
~E
Here’s the GIF:
About the GIF: On Oct. 20, 2021, the unfunny 61-year-old “comedian” Kathy Griffin — who held aloft a mockup of President Trump’s severed head — tweeted a video of herself dancing topless, with this message:
HEY BOYZZZZ
You know the drill:
This contest will be closed in two weeks, at the end of Tuesday, November 23, 2021.
To get the contest going, here’s my caption:
Why is it only Democrats inflict their naked bodies on the public?
For the winner of our last Caption Contest, go here.
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