Category Archives: Human Behavior

Truth and Tolerance

Posted on November 14, 2023 by DocStephens

Three conflicts describe our modern world. 1. Absolute truth versus our opinions of that truth The real truth exists! But there are your opinions and my opinions about that truth. Some people believe they are the enlightened, those who know … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Behavior, Musings, Politics | Tagged Intolerance, Tolerance | Leave a comment

Mandate Madness

Posted on August 8, 2021 by DocStephens

My grandparents and parents experienced two great wars, an economic depression, and several tragic global pandemics. No wonder, they treated their children like children. Something about enduring calamitous ordeals, toughens the strong or destroys the weak. My parents were among … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Behavior, Media, Politics, The Constitution | Tagged Dysfunctional Government, lock downs, mandates, mask mandate, Media Bias, Politics, vaccination passports | 1 Comment

A Harsh Assessment

Posted on February 23, 2021 by DocStephens

This website allows me to express my opinions about any number of subjects. Here, I have freedom of expression without much fear of censorship. Fortunately, in that regard, those who read my articles do so of their own free will. … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Behavior, Media, Musings, Politics | Tagged Election 2020, Media Bias, Politics, President | Leave a comment

Why People Disagree

Posted on January 29, 2021 by DocStephens

Way back before the Pandemic (BP), I wrote Why Intelligent People Disagree in an attempt to understand why otherwise smart people could come to completely different conclusions about important issues of the day. Now I’m thinking I should attempt to … Continue reading →

Posted in health, Human Behavior, Musings, Politics | Tagged Censoring, Disagreement, eternal problem, Politics, Science, Silencing, Truth, Vaccines | Leave a comment

Ridiculous Assumption: Tragic Consequences

Posted on December 21, 2020 by DocStephens

How can one ridiculous assumption lead to millions of irrational decisions. It happened! It’s still happening! I’m talking about a pandemic, specifically, the global response to a seriously infectious virus known as SARS-CoV-2. It causes a disease called COVID-19 or … Continue reading →

Posted in health, Human Behavior, Politics | Tagged Asymptomatic Spread, China, Covid-19, CV19, Dysfunctional Government, Education, SARS-CoV-2, Schools, Science, Wuhan | Leave a comment

Finding Explanations in the Game of Life

Posted on December 13, 2020 by DocStephens

Those who know me understand my passion, perhaps a pathology, for sports and particularly for my teams. One of the many reasons I love my wife derives from her tolerance for this among many peccadillos. Sporting events, and entire seasons, … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Behavior, Musings | Tagged blame, Football, Gator football, Marco Willson, Oversimplification, scapegoat, shoe, Sports, unsportsmanlike penalty | Leave a comment

The Hubris of Fact-Checking

Posted on December 7, 2020 by DocStephens

Among my morning news stories, I found a thorough fact-checking of a fact-checking. In truth, neither was all that factual. The issue related to the surveillance video of election workers in Fulton County, Georgia. One side argues the video is … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Behavior, Media, Musings, Politics | Tagged Fact-Checking | Leave a comment

You Can’t Fix Stupid – California!

Posted on September 7, 2020 by DocStephens

My wife and I have this running commentary about stupidity. She often says, “You can’t fix stupid.” I say you can, but I admit that sometimes stupid gets fixed through Darwinian evolution, or stupid gets replaced by other stupid. Nevertheless, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Science, Energy, Human Behavior, Musings, Politics | Tagged Alarmism, Brown-outs, California, carbon dioxide, Carbon Pollutants, Climate Change, Dysfunctional Government, Energy shortages, Fossil Fuels, global warming, virtue signaling, You can't fix stupid | Leave a comment

Closed Schools: Be Careful What You Wish For

Posted on July 30, 2020 by DocStephens

The late Harvard Biologist, Stephen J. Gould, Ph.D., was known for his theory of punctuated evolution, the idea that significant changes occur following significant events rather than gradually and somewhat uniformly over time. Highly respected best-selling British author, Matt Ridley, … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Human Behavior, Politics | Tagged Closed Schools, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Dysfunctional Government, Open Schools, Politics, School Choice, Schools | 1 Comment

Masks in a Sarcasm Free Zone

Posted on July 10, 2020 by DocStephens

A few days ago, I offered a sarcastic post entitled “The Belt Order”. Most got it, a few thought it was real. In this hysterical environment, that’s understandable. Now, I feel some responsibility to explain. I object to cities, counties, … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, health, Human Behavior, Politics | Tagged Chinese Virus, Cloth Masks, Coronavirus, Covid, Covid-19, executive orders, mandate, mandates, Masks, N95, orders, pandemic, Wuhan Virus | 1 Comment

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