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How to Best Help People Solve Their Issues

This post is a response to a question posed in its complete format: “How do you listen to people open up about their issues without trying to solve them? How do you just comfort people?” One of the first things a first referral counsellor learns is that you cannot solve other people’s problems for them. Even more so, you don’t want to solve their problems because what you might see as a solution…

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Do atheists hate believers? And other Myths

To all my millions of readers (lol) chomping at the bit (double lol), wondering what may have happened yesterday when you didn’t receive a daily missive of my preponderant wizdumb, I have an explanation and an announcement below my typical approach to composing my publications by posting answers to questions on Quora. Today is a departure from my standard fare in three parts: an answer to a…

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Why do Republicans think all Democrats are racist?

This post is a response to a question posed in its complete format: “As nicely as you can, will you explain to me why Republicans think all Democrats are racist in today’s time, not 161 years ago? I don’t understand, I was told I was “a racist POS for being a democrat”.” I’m taking a wild guess here, but if it was a MAGA hurling that accusation, then it was a projection that has been part of…

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Are America’s promises still trustworthy?

This post is a response to a question initially posed on Quora, and can also be accessed via “https://www.quora.com/Are-America-s-promises-still-trustworthy/answer/Antonio-Amaral-1“ America has a humongous chasm dividing the nation. Consequently, their politics and decision-making process are subject to a see-sawing effect. Whatever decisions a party in power might make, the next election will…

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Why do companies use so much plastic in their packaging?

This post is a response to a question posed in its complete format: “Why do companies use so much excess plastic in their packaging? It costs them more and is worse for the environment.” Plastic was first synthesized in 1869 as an alternative to ivory due to the growing popularity of the billiards game and the strain it put on elephant populations. A New York supplier of billiard balls offered a…

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Scratching the Surface of Self-Employment

Although most of my professional life (over 30 years) has followed a self-employment path, predominantly through contracting/consulting relationships, I feel underqualified to answer questions about starting a business. There are more reasons why people engage in business startups than there are people involved in starting a business. Some people choose business startup and development as a…

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Should the Earth get a break from humans?

This post is a response to a question posed in its complete format: “Do you ever get the feeling that we should just give up and let the bombs start flying? I think it’s time that the Earth gets a break from humans. Can you think of anything better than A nuclear or holocaust to do this?” While cleaning up my Quora content, including A2As like this one. I sometimes make what I’m unsure of is a…

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Atheist Four-Play

Today’s Sunday Question (for those who may have noticed a theme to my Sunday posts) is a collection of four questions posed on Quora, which were addressed with short answers. Most of my currently 22 thousand answers to questions there are quite short, and others are streams of images. I respond to questions in various ways, depending on what feels like an appropriate answer. Most of the…

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New Memes Category

This is my first test of the categories feature on WordPress as I organize my thoughts under a common umbrella free from submission to often inconsistently applied rules through the various social media and other platforms I’ve been spreading my content around on like it were runny peanut butter flowing like sludge from too much oil. At any rate, my intention in this category is to create a…

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Why should I contribute to society?

This post is a response to a question posed in its complete format: “Aside from it being a moral duty, why should I contribute to society?” As a reason to contribute to society, a “moral duty” represents a form of coercion which garners the absolute least that one will contribute. Referring to contributions made to society as a “moral duty” creates the perception that it’s like paying a tax. You…

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Why do Liberals trash Conservatives?

This post is a response to a question posed in its complete format: “Why do liberals feel it’s okay to publicly trash conservatives?” It’s funny, but the only time I think of myself as a liberal is when an ideologue draws a line in the sand. Whenever I encounter a nutbar, I think to myself that the idiot I have encountered is a nutbar. I don’t care much about triangulating their ideological…

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Why would anyone turn a blind eye to the liberal agenda?

This post is a response to a question posed in its complete format: “Why would anyone be so ignorant as to turn a blind eye to the liberal agenda? It’s very apparent they want to control and not be controlled as they should.” (This answer was originally written about six months before the 2024 election and I’ve updated it but I may have missed a few items that could make it seem somewhat…

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Why are Tesla cars expensive if they're cheaper to make?

This post is a response to a question posed in its complete format: “If Tesla automobiles are cheaper to make because of less human labour, why are they so expensive?” Ah… the CON of capitalism is that the people believe price is a consequence of production costs when nothing could be further from the truth. The cost of everything you buy is based on what the seller thinks will sell the most…

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What is the role of contract law in business?

This post is a response to a question posed in its complete format: “What is the role of contract law in regulating business transactions?” Donald Trump has a reputation for bragging about and laughing about stiffing contractors. He’s been getting away with it because he has had the financial clout to bully his victims out of their earnings. It may seem such behaviour is anomalous in the…

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Would you tell the truth if it meant losing your job?

This post is a response to a question posed in its complete format: “Would you tell the truth about something to help the course of justice if it means you’d lose your job by means of corruption?” I’ve just rewatched “The Big Short” — a film about the cluster of greed and stupidity that made a few people rich and millions poor and poorer. The housing market grew in a stupidity and greed bubble…

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Why don't you believe God exists?

This post is a response to a question initially posed on Quora, and can also be accessed via “https://caseforatheism.quora.com/Why-dont-you-believe-God-exists-16“ Your question is entirely backwards. Atheists don’t need to justify why they don’t believe God exists. You don’t need to justify why you don’t believe the Sun turns pink at night and shoots golden sprinkles throughout the night to…

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What would be some hallmarks of a Utopian civilization?

This post is a response to a question posed in its complete format: “If you lived in an advanced-utopian civilization, what would likely be some of the hallmarks of said thriving and freedom loving society?” On my way to where I am now to undergo a first-time experience that I’m not looking forward to, I had the opportunity to observe a passenger on the bus who prompted me to think about the…