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The scout mindset emphasizes curiosity, unbiased truth-seeking, [4] and facing reality, even if that reality is unexpected. [5] [6] Galef contrasts this with a "soldier mindset", which she says is a natural tendency to use motivated reasoning to defend one's existing beliefs instead of being open to changing them. [7]
Julia Galef (/ ˈ ɡ eɪ l ə f /; born July 4, 1983) is an American writer, speaker and co-founder of the Center for Applied Rationality. [2] She hosts Rationally Speaking, the official podcast of New York City Skeptics, which she has done since its inception in 2010, sharing the show with co-host and philosopher Massimo Pigliucci and produced by Benny Pollak until 2015.
British Scouts in Detroit, July 1942. The World Organization of the Scout Movement's (WOSM) definition of the Scout method has changed over the years. Through the 1980s it was composed of four elements: Scout Law and Scout Promise (Scout Oath), learning by doing, development of small groups, and a progressive and attractive programs of different activities.
Observed on the last Monday in May, Memorial Day is a federal holiday celebrated on May 27 this year.. For many people, it means a three-day weekend, and like other national holidays, a majority ...
USI’s scout team does its job, whether it’s mimicking Filipowski’s movements or Mark Mitchell’s do-everything mindset, and the staff puts in countless hours of work to prepare.
Hilary Saint George Saunders' book The Left Handshake: The Boy Scout Movement during the War, 1939–1945 had the first name of each chapter spell out the Scout motto. The chosen names are: B ravery, E nterprise, P urpose, R esolution, E ndurance, P artnership, A ssurance, R eformation, E nthusiasm and D evotion.
The Jessie Scouts were irregular soldiers during the American Civil War on the side of the Union who frequently operated in the territory of the Confederate States of America. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The unit was created by John C. Frémont and named in honor of his wife, rather than of a Colonel Jessie, who was himself a myth. [ 3 ]
As seasonal influenza ramps up, and with bird flu continuing to circulate, some public health experts are worried there may be a strain on the public health system. Since the bird flu outbreak ...