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28 Dec 2022 19 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat
Introduction “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” – Genesis 1:27 Being Christmas this past weekend, and having attended dinner, parties, and watched numerous holiday films, I foun...
21 Dec 2022 66 minute read 1 comment MatTehCat
Introduction “Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.” – Proverbs 16:22 Over the past week, I took the time to read the cases that defined the structure, limits of power, and culture of th...
14 Dec 2022 56 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat
Introduction and the “Meaning” of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights “And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they d...
7 Dec 2022 56 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat
Introduction Malachi 4:6 “And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.” “Tell Omar you have to do it yourself, and unfortunately, he’s g...
29 Nov 2022 18 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat
Matthew 10:34 “Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.” Introduction and Jurisprudential Ambiguities “Everything must be in its proper place. Everything must be balanced. Everything must be consist...
20 Nov 2022 12 minute read 1 comment MatTehCat
Introduction: Anthony is on his way to work. He lives in a 21st Century big city. The streets are filled with homeless who choose not to work, the food is unhealthy, he doesn’t know how to cook, crime goes unchecked, and gangs run amuck. Children go...
8 Sep 2022 53 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat
Part IV: The Cause of Human Behavioral and Moral Variation and its Consequences We come to the fourth part of this paper. The last section dealt primarily with the emergence of morality as a function of our species’ evolutionary history; in particula...
8 Sep 2022 57 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat
Abstract: In this paper, I explore the neuroscientific, evolutionary, developmental, and social roots of moral conflict in the United States. I begin by exploring how moral systems are inherently derived from intuitions, and their explanations are...
5 Jun 2022 46 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat
Abstract In this paper, I explore the scientific legitimacy of Ideological Possession. To do this, I define Ideological Possession as a kind of addiction. I also establish a working set of behavioral criteria to categorically identify whether a...
6 Dec 2021 48 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat
AbstractIn this paper, I explore the origins of narrative and the neuroscientific evidence in support of narratives. There is clear support that narrative construction and use are enabled by and emerge from our neurological architecture. This means t...
