LIFE’S PURPOSE: FAITH VERSUS REASON
What is the purpose of life? Where does religion fit into this determination? Where does logic and reason come into play? Do the answers to these questions dictate a certain form of government? Read More …
Music: The Devil’s Interval, Power and Sus Chords
video . It deals with tritones (otherwise known as the Devil’s Interval), power chords (often used in rock) and suspended chords, otherwise known as “sus” chords. The psychological/emotional impact (speaking in a streetwise, and not a medical sense) on the listener is emphasized. Read More …
CHANGE, COMPLEXITY, OPEN-MINDEDNESS: THE MODERATE
Attempting to come up with any set of universal and eternally valid rules is almost certainly futile. There are a multitude of reasons for this, but clearly one of the most important is that everything is changing. In fact, technologically speaking change is occurring at ever increasingly changing rates. We simply do not and cannot Read More …
MUSIC QUICK & DIRTY
Major and minor musical chords and scales are compared. Dominant seventh chords in rhythm and blues and rock and roll are aslo described and explained. Examples on piano and guitar. David Dixon Lentz discusses. First musical blog post and video at reasonandbalance.com, Read More …
SURVIVING WORLD CRISES, BEST PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH
The world is in crisis. Discusses the rationale for fact-based problem solving decision making and the need to subordinate the historical philosophies and ideological viewpoints of the past. Read More …
WHAT’S THE POINT?
most people (the listeners) will filter out or disregard facts that are unfavorable to their pre-conceived notions. And, surprisingly, this tendency may even be worse (not better) when the listener is more intelligent or more educated!
(They did a study.) Read More …
STOPPING PUBLICATION OF ALTERED PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEOS
As such, the question is: Should our leaders not seriously consider making it a crime to knowingly manipulate, alter or change photographs and videos in a materially misleadi, ng way? First Amendment concerns obviously creep into this discussion, but the thinking here is that fraud is not protected by the First Amendment provided, of course, that the criminal statute in question is properly crafted. Read More …
SOLVING THE TAILGATING MENACE
Tailgating is very dangerous. A significant percentage of all accidents are caused by it. One car length for every ten miles per hour is the desired following distance. We need a centralized place to report tailgaters. Read More …
The Evils of Cashless Business
Is a cashless society good? It may be faster to do everything by plastic and electronically. But there’a a huge risk in going down the cashless path. Erosion of liberty….A huge additional risk of a cashless society is that it further subjects everyone to the risk of total loss if our financial system is subject to a major and pervasive internet/computer hack….Who is benefiting from this policy? The betting here is that its a few monied oligarchs. Read More …
SOCIALISM: SOCIETY’S BOGEYMAN OR SAVIOR?
Capitalism versus Socialism and/or Communism. We’ve tried to keep opinion to a minimum and present factual information. It’s up to readers/viewers to draw their own conclusions. Read More …