Answers to common questions
Conspiracy Theories and Their Causes
Conspiracy theories, often resistant to factual counter-arguments, claim secretive forces manipulate events. These unproven beliefs can result in significant harm. Though some theories are verified, most are based on paranoia, cognitive biases, and a distrust of authority. It is crucial to apply critical thinking to differentiate between factual and unsupported theories.
The True Believers: UU is In Danger of Becoming Just Another Church
A clinical psychologist compares the current UUA to a cult
Are Jews White?
In a uniquely race-fixated United States, a regular question is if Jews are white. You will get a variety of answers, including from Jews.
Antisemitism Within Today’s Unitarian Universalist Association
Sadly, antisemitism is found today within both Far Left and Far Right Movements
How Extremes within the Right and Left Mirror Each Other
It's a matter of psychology not politics
Intellectual Freedoms Support Diversity
A neurodiveristy perspective
Misperceptions and Misrepresentations of Population Demographics
Whether race, gender, religion, ethnicity or nationality, any demographic made up of a diversity of viewpoints, philosophies, experiences, positions, and perspectives.
Neurodiversity: The Human as Social Animal
As with many other animal species, the human species survives and functions by working in groups and societies. People whose brains function differently than normal often and almost by definition have issues fitting in with society.
Numeral Systems and Psychology
Looking at different historical numeration systems demonstrates how language profoundly affect human thinking, perception and function.