Tag: consensus

• Hang our banners on the outward walls

  Ever since I was a small child, I have had an aversion to arguments; I have recognized that my opinions can never be imposed by strength. Only by means of vocabularic confusion could I ever hope to win a dispute -and even then, only by quickly withdrawing from the arena of combat. Of course one […]

  gozzter

  December 7, 2022

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  Aeon.co, arguments, consensus, Dan Sperber, equality in sport, hockey, hockey leagues, Hugo Mercier, Ian Leslie, intellectualism, interactionism, reason

• The Dark Night of the Canadian Soul

  I hesitate to refer to the 16th century mystic Spanish poet St. John of the Cross’ dark night of the soul, but I am troubled by the political process in which I feel engulfed. Swallowed… And yes, powerless. And it’s not so much that I disagree with the ideology expressed or dislike the personalities of […]

  gozzter

  October 13, 2015

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  Canadian election, consensus, culture, democracy, First past the post, political ideology, political system, polling, principled voting, rule of law, St. John of the Cross, strategic voting, the dark night of the soul, Wikipedia, women’s health, women’s rights