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LIES & LIARS – HOW DO WE KNOW?

LIES & LIARS – HOW DO WE KNOW?

I just returned from an Inner Circle of Advocates meeting in  Aspen where Dr. Charles A. Morgan MD, a clinical professor of psychiatry at Yale gave a talk about deception detection. He has a wide background of  experience in this area. I learned that time honoured methods for determining the truth, including the lie detector are not reliable. The whole subject of truthfulness is part of mankind’s history  The Bible tells  us Pontius Pilot asked Jesus a question which philosophers have…

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MAINTAINING ESTABLISHED SAFETY RULES & JUROR PERSUASION

MAINTAINING ESTABLISHED SAFETY RULES & JUROR PERSUASION

We know that the brain has two hemispheres. The left hemisphere of the brain controls the right half of the body and the right hemisphere controls the left half of the body. The left part of the brain is responsible for logic. It contains the language centers, interprets patterns and is detail oriented. The right side of the brain is responsible for emotions. It searches for meaning. It is also the center for music, art and kinesthetic abilities. Many people favor…

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THE IMPORTANCE OF SIMPLICITY

THE IMPORTANCE OF SIMPLICITY

As of Sunday, my wife Lita are back from our Safari adventure. The route there was Seattle to Dubai. Dubai to Cape Town. Cape Town to Johannesburg. Johannesburg to Maun, Botswana and Botswana to the Safari Camp Mombo. That involves 30 hours of flying time and if this post is not perfectly clear it’s because I still have jet leg. At the risk of being too repetitive let me take a moment on communications. I spent yesterday on the motion…

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