Lately I have been thinking about thinking. More specifically, I have been thinking about what it means to take in information and think about it critically.

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Two movies have come to my attention that seem like sure bets to raise us all from the summer malaise created by such stinkfests as Death Race and College.

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a joint financial arrangement whereby the participants usually contribute equally to a prize that is awarded entirely to the participant who survives all the others

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Clay, Tres, and I were once again rocking out on a fine Thursday evening when we all spontaneously began playing a strange calypso groove. None of us had ever practiced or played calypso in our lives but our minds latched onto it like steel traps and we couldn’t stop even if we wanted. [...]

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self-possession or imperturbability especially under strain

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Definition: verb to deviate from the truth : equivocate : lie
Etymology: Latin praevaricatus, past participle of praevaricari to act in collusion, literally, to straddle, from prae- + varicare to straddle, from varus bowlegged
(circa 1631)
Quotation:
In my younger days, when I was sent out from Patton, Corbett & Strode to depose people — claimants, witnesses, local [...]

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