Ibrahim Oga's Belvedere
My way of seeing humankind. Distinct answers to subtle questions in life
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THE REPENTANTS (opens the original)
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One of my friends doesn't believe what he's told. He believes what he discovers and comes to realise. This is not a very good way to live. We have limited time to know everything on our own. We must trust other people's knowledge of things. You can overdo it with “living on your own terms”, so it's understandably reasonable that we listen to the opinions of others.Subscribe nowWhile there's an abundance of confirmation bias right now, there's always an unhealthy availability of exceptions to t
How bad are you at being good? (opens the original)
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I still remember her face at that moment. She was in the first trimester of our first pregnancy and she had had this craving for mangoes. I tried to dismiss it because, although they were close, mangoes were not yet in season. That day, we were walking and we came across a considerably ripe mango on a tree. She pointed at it. We were a few steps away. I ran, made the jump, plucked it, and handed it over to her. She didn't think I could make the jump. She didn't think I'd get it without asking th
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