Holding two opposing thoughts in your mind at the same time is to experience “cognitive dissonance.” Being of two minds about your beliefs, ideas or values can be stressful and some find it difficult to live with the uncertainty. … [Continue reading]
This week, the ironies were hard to miss. At exactly the same time that our president was yammering on about how Russia and Ukraine were “boys being boys” and still needed to fight it out before his peacemaking skills could save the day, he … [Continue reading]
I replaced my iPhone this week. With my updated MacBook, they’re my two most essential devices. I realized that I interact with them more than with anyone else most days (except maybe Wally). I’m startled to write … [Continue reading]
Last week, I promised to write about what thoughtful and concerned citizens can do to confront the chaos and damage our president’s actions have caused in only three short months. The first thing is to acknowledge that Trump is, in … [Continue reading]
We hear a lot about the dangers and “hallucinations” of AI as we test-drive our large language models. At the same time, we probably hear too little about how AI is helping us to advance our body of knowledge … [Continue reading]
