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1. Positive people have a solution to every problem; negative people have a problem for every solution. 2. The only difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. 3. If A is success in life, then A = X + Y + Z, where X is work, Y is play, and Z is keeping your mouth shut. 4. ...

1. A pessimist sees thorns in roses; an optimist sees roses in thorns. 2. Attitude, not aptitude, determines altitude. 3. To reach the highest, start with the lowest. 4. By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. 5. It's nice to be important, but it's also important to be nice. 6. Some cause ...

A genie told a man that he can choose among wisdom, wealth, and beauty. The man chose wisdom. He got wisdom. Then he realized, "I should have chosen wealth." have you got any genie jokes?

Time travel is science fiction. You cannot travel to the past because the past no longer exists. It's gone. Also you cannot travel to the future because it doesn't exist yet. One cannot go somewhere that does not exist. The grandfather paradox can be solved by the creation of an alternative reality ...

Fallacies of Reasoning I. Informational Fallacies II. Falsities I. Informational Fallacies A. False information B. Questionable information C. Insufficient information - Induction, neglected aspect, circular reasoning, availability bias, story bias D, Selected information - Confirmation bias, cherry...

Some people don't believe in miracles, but some people do. Some even say that miracles happen everyday because highly improbable things happen all the time. Mathematically improbable things are to be expected, but we don't know exactly what improbable thing will happen and exactly when it will happe...

1. I cannot prove that Joe ate my donut. Therefore, Joe did not eat my donut. I cannot prove that God exists. Therefore God does not exist. 2. This book about Donald trump is confusing and erroneous. Therefore Donald Trump does not exist. the Bible is confusing and erroneous. Therefore God does not ...

When a prayer comes true, the person who prayed thinks that the event is the result of his prayer. This may be true, but it could simply be a case of the post hoc fallacy. This fallacy states that if event B follows event A, then A necessarily caused B.

1. I cannot prove that Joe ate my donut. Therefore, Joe did not eat my donut. I cannot prove that God exists. Therefore God does not exist. 2. This book about Donald trump is confusing and erroneous. Therefore Donald Trump does not exist. the Bible is confusing and erroneous. Therefore God does not ...

In a way, God is limited and not all-powerful because of:
1, Free will. If free will exists and God decides not to mess up with it, then God is limited.
2. Laws of nature, If God decides not to mess up with the uniformity of nature, then God is limited.

To be happy, we do all sorts of things. We lie, steal, cheat, betray, hoard, overeat, overwork, overspend, and do all sorts of illegal, violent, unhealthy, self-destructive, immoral, antisocial, psychopathic things. Then we get frustrated. Instead of trying to be happy, why don't we just perform a t...

Scientists agree that the earth is warming but they disagree on the effect of the warming. Some say it's bad; some say it's actually good like what happened during the Medieval Climactic Optimum or Medieval Warm Period. I don't know which is correct, but I believe that moderation in consumption and ...

I think good and bad has nothing to do with feelings and consequences. An act is good or bad in its own sake, regardless of how you feel about it and its consequences. For example, you returned money that you found. Although you feel about it and get verbally abused and left by your wife who wants t...

I think measurement makes things objective. For instance, color is objective. It depends on wavelength of light. Subjectively, there can be a lot of water or just little water. Objectively, there is 500 milliliters of water. This reminds of this classic case. An optimist sees a glass half-full. A pe...

Science cannot answer all our questions because there is no scientific method for investigating them. For example, we always say that this or that is better. This makes things better. Things are better now than before. Better is the comparative is good. However science cannot define good. What is go...