Category Archives: Human Nature

advice from an experienced street preacher

Posted on September 20, 2013 by christopher fisher

In this video, street preacher Jesse Morrell shares some life lessons from his 10 years of street preaching. Jesse is an expert in dealing with human beings (especially belligerent ones). Although the video is geared towards relations with the police, … Continue reading →

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low stability theologians

Posted on September 15, 2013 by christopher fisher

In one of my favorite Bryan Caplan posts he contrasts two types of people: people high in stability and those low in stability: People high in Stability realize that, objectively speaking, life in First World countries is good and getting … Continue reading →

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the simon- ehrlich bet

Posted on September 13, 2013 by christopher fisher

“If I were a gambler, I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000.” – Paul Ehrlich, 1971 In 1968, Paul Ehrlich published the book “The Population Bomb”. The first couple sentences of the book … Continue reading →

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genesis introduces man to God

Posted on September 7, 2013 by christopher fisher

When people pick up a Bible for the first time, they open to Genesis 1:1: Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. The first sentence that man reads is an affirmation that God created the … Continue reading →

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good students and good teachers

Posted on September 3, 2013 by christopher fisher

In a recent post by Bryan Caplan he lays out the characteristics of a good student: First, good students genuinely want to learn. They don’t study material merely because they see it on the syllabus or expect it on the … Continue reading →

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men and women are different

Posted on August 27, 2013 by christopher fisher

An oft heard statistic is that for every dollar a man makes, a woman makes .77 cents. The factoid itself is a sharp lesson in bad statistics. It is calculated by taking the “median” female income (not even the average!) … Continue reading →

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the great medical cost decline

Posted on August 20, 2013 by christopher fisher

The best way to illustrate with real life examples how “insurance” increases the price of services, is to compare covered procedures with uncovered procedures: Cosmetic Surgery Prices. Cosmetic surgery is one of the few types of medical care for which … Continue reading →

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understanding insurance costs

Posted on August 20, 2013 by christopher fisher

Pretend you decide to spend a night out eating at Olive Garden. You arrive to find the restaurant filled with 49 other people, all who value and love Olive Garden’s food. But as soon as you sit down, the waiter … Continue reading →

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safeguard your children from molesters

Posted on August 8, 2013 by christopher fisher

Today I listened to a couple child sex crime detectives discuss the state of child pornography and child sex crimes in America. The audience cringed and squirmed as the detectives cited their statistics. They had a backlog of 80 cases … Continue reading →

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overstating your case

Posted on August 8, 2013 by christopher fisher

People inherently think that they are correct. If people did not think they were correct, they would not hold those particular views. And although everyone claims not to be perfect, few people show real actions that confirm that they think … Continue reading →

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