How to Tell the Difference Between Persuasion and Manipulation
What’s wrong with manipulation? Human beings influence each other all the time, and in all sorts of ways. But what sets manipulation apart from other influences, and what makes it ...
Saturday, June 10, 2023
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You Really Aren’t That Special, Just Like Everyone Else
You are important, and you are worthy of love, but that’s true only because everyone is important, and everyone is worthy of love.
‘I Believe Because It Is Absurd’—Tertullian and Christianity’s First Meme
Third-century Christian writer Tertullian is credited with the saying "I believe because it is absurd," although scholars of early Christianity have long known that Tertullian never wrote those words.