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A warm welcome to my Blog

I shall post some news of interest to Sri lankans about life in Sri Lanka in the period 1950-1960 mainly. This will feature articles on music, general history and medicine. I am dedicated to humanism and refuse to judge people according to labels they are born with. Their actions and behaviour shall be my yardsticks, always cognizant of the challenges they faced in life.

Tuesday 5 August 2014

Evidence based thinking and other thoughts

"I had been always been scrupulously careful to avoid the smallest suggestion of infant indoctrination, which I think is ultimately responsible for much of the evil in the world. -- I very much wanted her (his daughter), as I want all children, to make up her own mind freely when she became old enough to do so. I would encourage her to think without telling her what to think" - Sentiments expressed by Richard Dawkins which I fully agree with, distancing myself from accepting "truths" based on Tradition, Authority or Revelation but on verifiable evidence

"In your quest to find solutions, do not create problems where there are none" - MG 


"People are too quick to criticise and too slow to praise" - MG





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