Gray Matters

I believe that it is stupid to spend a lot of time writing something if someone else has made the case.  This is that situation. I have known for decades—because I paid attention—that Woody Allen is innocent of the charge of sexually abusing his daughter, Dylan.  A filmmaker has made the case in a documentary entitled—yes— By the Way, Woody Allen is Innocent .  If you don't believe it, I know one of two things about you with a certainty (and most likely both)  One, you don't really know anything about the case.  Or, you don't know much, if anything, about memory science and the ease of creating false memories. So, if you believe he is guilty, watch it and you will learn about both of the things I mention above! If after watching it, you still don't believe that he is innocent - by all means, let's talk!

 Damn! I DO want to write my blog but things just are getting in my way. Like I went on a diet on August 1(just so I didn't have to buy new clothes as I had no pants that fit.) And so I have been hungry since August 1st. It turns out it is very hard for me to do thinking while hungry. Leslie says she is always hungry, and that doesn't stop her! Well, maybe I would get used to it but I have dropped the weight, so I will no longer have this excuse. Part of my problem is that there is so much I want to write about and I can't settle down on the next one (so this is the next one.) After getting requested feedback from some Republican friends, I want to redo my last post about the rational reasons people will vote for Trump, much as I find their narratives wrong-headed. But I thought that, first, I should do a series of posts on how are brains really aren't good for this moment in time. A blog on narrative construction, which rules us all, should come probably come first. An...