Tag: proof

• “To take, or not to take”: Where Superstition Trumps Logic?

  

  Why would a rational being not take a stone from an island full of stones?

  valsaksornchai

  May 18, 2017

  Curiosities, Economics, Nature, Psychology, Reason, Thailand, Traveling

  3S, Andaman, argument, beautiful stones, blue, flaw, game theory, guilt, island, Koh Hin Ngam, Lipe, logic, long-tail, magic trees, opinion, proof, research, sand, Satun, Sea, snorkelling, stone, Stone God, sun, superstition, superstitution, Thailand, tourist, tower, voting, wish

• Not Another Post on Politics: Events v.s. Facts

  War does not determine who is right – only who is left. The above quote, often attributed to Bertrand Russell, keeps ringing in my head. I first saw it this morning on a friend’s Facebook page (that’s where everything seems to be these days). And I couldn’t get it out of my head. I’m not…

  valsaksornchai

  December 1, 2013

  Bangkok, Curiosities, Economics, Life, Mind, Politics, Thailand

  Bangkok, Bertrand Russell, conflict, events, Facebook, facts, government, Immanuel Kant, political, Politics, proof, Protests, reason, red shirts, Suthep Thaugsuban, Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, Thought, yellow shirts, Yingluck Shinawatra