Beyond the Rhetoric

“He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask remains a fool forever.” I’ve written Sunday Snippet entries in the past about fools. I’ve written about how they feel compelled to say something and how that usually leads to complaining and criticizing. We can all be fools sometimes, [...]

“Maybe it’s important to open up to people — people who are right there with you, not some thousand miles away in another universe. Or maybe it’s something else. Maybe I should just settle for not knowing. Maybe it’s good just to know that you’re not the only one who doesn’t know. Maybe… maybe I [...]

“Let’s be clear: the work of science has nothing whatever to do with consensus. Consensus is the business of politics. Science, on the contrary, requires only one investigator who happens to be right, which means that he or she has results that are verifiable by reference to the real world. In science consensus is irrelevant. [...]

Much to the dismay of just about everyone in Vancouver, the Canucks were eliminated by the Chicago Blackhawks from the NHL playoffs this week. Not surprisingly, just about everyone is chiming in with their opinions on how and why it happened. Pick up today’s Province newspaper and you’ll see that the sports section is busting [...]

I don’t know. Uttering those three words can strike a great deal of fear in some people, especially if it is in the context of a job interview or an important discussion with a supervisor at work. This can also come up during social situations, like cocktail parties, where you are trying to impress the [...]