Month: March 2025
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Science Fiction and the RoadWriter Life, Part 2: Abandoned barge canals and lost civilizations
What stirs reader imagination or exploratory longings more than a good adventure story about a lost civilization?! Your starship lands on a primitive world where you discover mysterious structures half buried in the jungle that hint at forgotten technological prowess. (Star Trek, anyone?). Floating down the river on your noble quest, your fellowship of travelers…
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More Thoughts on Finding Truth: You have to actually want to find it!
Honestly looking for truth is nothing at all like honestly wanting to be right. Wanting to be right encourages people to shout loudly and try to undermine the credibility of others. It discourages reconsidering your thinking because that might mean that you were wrong. In contrast, looking for truth involves lots of watching and listening. …