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trust paradox

Why does it seem like a lack of trust travels beside a demand for honesty? If you demand honesty, should you not grant others a greater measure of trust in return?
I think honesty is relativistic, not fixed. I do believe there are some absolutes about respecting life, but I am willing to make concessions to […]

Does having intermittent autobiographical memory loss pose an ethics problem?
Let’s assume that the “steps for making ethical decisions” resides in procedural memory. Procedural memories are stored separately from episodic memories, and autobiographical memories are a subset of episodic memories, so the loss one one and retention of the other is possible.
Would a person in this […]

Colors and birds

I’ve been paying attention to my synaesthesia lately. I actually found stories of other people’s experiences. I’m glad to see that some of the things that make sense to me make sense to others. Now if I can get a handle on my number problems…
It occurred to me the other day that I recognize “doneness” […]

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