Category Archives: Courage

Truth is not the same as majority opinion

Posted on September 8, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

A team of psychologists carried out an experiment to test how people handle group pressure. They put volunteers in groups of ten and told them to raise their hands when the researcher pointed to the longest line on three separate … Continue reading →

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Truth motivated by love

Posted on May 21, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

Nikita Khrushchev often denounced the atrocities of his predecessor, Josef Stalin, and on one occasion, when doing so, he was interrupted by a heckler who called out; “You were there. Why didn’t you stop him?” Khrushchev stopped speaking, then roared … Continue reading →

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