Posts Tagged ‘evidence’

Basing our opinions on evidence

Thursday, March 21st, 2019

Increasingly, we become so secure in our bubbles that we accept only information, whether it is true or not, that fits our opinions, instead of basing our opinions on the evidence that’s out there.

— Barack Obama

Increasingly, we become so secure in our bubbles that we accept only information, whether it is true or not, that fits our opinions, instead of basing our opinions on the evidence that’s out there. Barack Obama. www.walled-in-berlin.com

Increasingly, we become so secure in our bubbles that we accept only information, whether it is true or not, that fits our opinions, instead of basing our opinions on the evidence that’s out there. Barack Obama. www.walled-in-berlin.com

 

For a sneak peek at the first 20+ pages of my memoir, Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl’s Journey to Freedom, click “Download a free excerpt” on my home page and feel free to follow my blog about anything German: historic or current events, people, places or food.

Walled-In is my story of growing up in Berlin during the Cold War. Juxtaposing the events that engulfed Berlin during the Berlin Blockade, the Berlin Airlift, the Berlin Wall and Kennedy’s Berlin visit with the struggle against my equally insurmountable parental walls, Walled-In is about freedom vs. conformity, conflict vs. harmony, domination vs. submission, loyalty vs. betrayal.

 

Opinions – garden weeds of the intellect

Thursday, September 6th, 2018

 

Opinions, once taken root, are like garden weeds of the intellect. They keep coming back and hamper cultivation of new considerations.

— J. Elke Ertle

Opinions, once taken root, are like garden weeds of the intellect. They keep coming back and hamper cultivation of new considerations. www.walled-in-berlin.com

Opinions, once taken root, are like garden weeds of the intellect. They keep coming back and hamper cultivation of new considerations. www.walled-in-berlin.com

 

Walled-In is my story of growing up in Berlin during the Cold War. Juxtaposing events that engulfed the city during the Berlin Blockade, the Berlin Airlift, the Berlin Wall and John F. Kennedy’s Berlin visit with the struggle against my own, equally insurmountable, parental walls, Walled-In is about freedom vs. conformity, conflict vs. unity, domination vs. submission, loyalty vs. betrayal.

For a sneak peek at the first 20+ pages of my memoir, Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl’s Journey to Freedom, click “Download a free excerpt” on my home page and feel free to follow my blog about anything German: historic or current events, people, places or food.

Walled-In is my story of growing up in Berlin during the Cold War. Juxtaposing the events that engulfed Berlin during the Berlin Blockade, the Berlin Airlift, the Berlin Wall and Kennedy’s Berlin visit with the struggle against my equally insurmountable parental walls, Walled-In is about freedom vs. conformity, conflict vs. harmony, domination vs. submission, loyalty vs. betrayal.