Escritos Críticos

Etiqueta: Ideology

  • Personal Opinions and Other Trivialities

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    jorge majfud
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    The article discusses the superficial nature of opinions, arguing that genuine understanding requires more than just holding beliefs. It critiques the polarization of society, where individuals cling to their convictions despite contradictory evidence, often leading to futile debates. The author references public opinion manipulators like Edward Bernays and highlights the mechanical predictability of personal opinions,…

  • Brain structure differs in liberals, conservatives: study

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    jorge majfud
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    Thu Apr 7 WASHINGTON (AFP) – Everyone knows that liberals and conservatives butt heads when it comes to world views, but scientists have now shown that their brains are actually built differently. Liberals have more gray matter in a part of the brain associated with understanding complexity, while the conservative brain is bigger in the section related to…

  • The Terrible Innocence of Art

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    jorge majfud
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    La terrible inocencia del arte (Spanish) The Terrible Innocence of Art Jorge Majfud The idea that art exists beyond all social reality is similar to the disembodied theology that proscribes political interpretations of the death of Jesus; or to the nationalist mythologies imposed like sacred universal values; or the templars of language, who are scandalized…