Human Nature Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/category/human-nature/ Vincent Ryan Ruggiero - Author of books and essays Sat, 15 Jul 2023 14:08:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://mind-at-work.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-open-book-32x32.png Human Nature Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/category/human-nature/ 32 32 How Our Minds Play Tricks on Us https://mind-at-work.com/how-our-minds-play-tricks-on-us/ Sat, 15 Jul 2023 12:55:25 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=5388 I recall an interesting anecdote that speaks volumes about the workings of the human mind. Henry was driving on a dark country road late at night far from home. All of a sudden, one of his tires went flat. He pulled over, opened the trunk, and saw there was no jack there. "What do I [...]

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]]> The Gift of Truth https://mind-at-work.com/the-gift-of-truth/ Sat, 26 Nov 2022 19:15:37 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=5095 We humans are wonderful creatures, yet we have significant limitations. We can be either in this location or that one, but not in both at once; go up or down the stairs but not in opposite directions at the same time; see as far as our vision permits but not beyond that; remember the past, [...]

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]]> Men’s Shameful Attitudes Toward Women https://mind-at-work.com/mens-shameful-attitudes-toward-women/ Fri, 11 Mar 2022 19:52:22 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=4820 The history of men’s attitudes toward women has been, in a word, shameful. In the beginning, at the dawn of cognition, men concluded that women caused them to sin, and then stereotyped women as wicked and projected lustful male thoughts on them: “I want her” became “She wants me.” “I am excited by the way [...]

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]]> Reversing America’s Decline https://mind-at-work.com/reversing-americas-decline/ Sat, 04 Sep 2021 15:10:04 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=4560 Americans of every race, creed, social and economic condition are increasingly concerned about the decline of their country. Why, they are asking, has common sense given way to nonsense, wisdom to foolishness, sanity to insanity, harmony to discord? This essay addresses that question. From the time of the ancient Greeks to a few generations ago, [...]

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]]> The Greatest Human Fault https://mind-at-work.com/the-greatest-human-fault/ Fri, 06 Dec 2019 16:46:42 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=3682 What is the greatest human fault? I believe it is self-deception, which causes or enables virtually all other faults. In addition to violating truth, self-deception prevents us from following the timeless advice inscribed at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi and regarded by Socrates, Plato, and other ancient philosophers as fundamental to learning, wisdom, and meaningful [...]

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