Just Right… with Bob Metz and Robert Vaughan

920 – The artificial debate about Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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Jul 092025

It’s interesting to observe how words like ‘intelligent’ and ‘smart’ are being used to describe devices that are anything but.

There is no doubt that technological advancements have produced machines and computer programs that appear to behave or respond ‘intelligently,’ and the speed with which computers can calculate, compute, and otherwise perform ‘automated’ physical functions is far more efficient than what is ‘humanly’ possible. We have come to refer to these inventions broadly as Artificial Intelligence (AI).

But efficiency alone is not a measure of intelligence. Like shovels, hammers and electrical appliances, computers are just tools. And while all tools are more efficient than direct human physical effort, tools are nevertheless an extension of human intelligence. They are labor saving devices which save effort, something no machine could ever experience.

As a tool, AI is not to be feared, but embraced as such. However, there is a great danger in equating ‘artificial’ intelligence with human intelligence or reason. Continue reading »

919 – The defining point: EVIL is LIVE spelled backwards

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Jul 022025

There is a symbolic truth to the saying that ‘EVIL is LIVE spelled backwards.’ After all, the defining point of ‘evil’ concerns life itself.

But ‘evil’, like ‘good’, is an abstract concept. Being able to see and recognize evil when one encounters it often seems even more difficult than trying to define it.

The most popular form of evil is generally known by another name: socialism. That too few are able to equate socialism with evil is cause for concern, to say the least. But that so many equate socialism with the good is cause for outright alarm.

Dennis Prager of PragerU has advised that “wisdom begins with understanding that human nature is not basically good, nor evil.” In choosing socialism, most do not understand either the principles of socialism itself, nor the nature of the evil that makes socialism possible.

Thus it is essential to listen to the growing number of people who have lived and suffered under socialism now coming forward to sound the alarm. To that end we have recently featured accounts of how socialism manifested itself in countries like North Korea, Senegal, Venezuela, and Iran. As Venezuelan immigrant Daniel Di Martino describes his personal mission: “I decided to educate Americans on the horrors of socialism.”

People who have freedom tend to take it for granted. But the fragility of freedom can never be overstated. Sometimes, to see and appreciate what one has at hand, it is necessary to look beyond, to appreciate what those in other nations do not have and wish they did.

It’s called freedom and it’s found exclusively on the political polarity that’s Just Right.

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918 – The trans political language barrier—Left and Right

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Jun 252025

Missing from most discussions about the political Left and Right are any consistent and accurate definitions of each polarity in terms of its principles. As a consequence, confusion reigns – a condition that benefits the Left and handicaps the Right.

So here, in no particular order, are but a few examples of proper associations with Left and Right:

LEFT ——————————————————— RIGHT

Plato ———————————————————- Aristotle
Primacy of Consciousness ———– Primacy of Existence
Unreality —————————————————- Reality
Ignorance ——————————————– Knowledge
Fake ————————————————————- Real
Tyranny ————————————————— Freedom
Death ————————————————————- Life
Evil ————————————————————- Good
Sinister ————————————————— Dexterous
Irrational ————————————————– Rational
Immorality ———————————————— Morality
Subjective / Intrinsic ——————————— Objective
Confusion ————————————— Understanding
Intolerance ——————————- Tolerance / Respect
Karl Marx ———————————————– Ayn Rand
Collectivism ————————————– Individualism
Consensus ———————————————- Consent
Slavery ————————————————- Capitalism
Socialism, Communism, Fascism ————- Capitalism
Utopia / Perfection —————————————– Ideal
Collective Authority ———— Individual Responsibility
Sacrificial Altruism ——————- Rational Self Interest
Concrete bound thought —————- Abstract thinking
Destiny / Determinism —————— Choice / Free Will
State Ownership/Control —————– Private Property
Equity —————————————————— Equality
Majority Rule —————————————- Democracy
Government as Player ———- Government as Referee
Group ‘Rights’ ——————————- Individual Rights
Coercive ————————————————- Voluntary
Coercion ——————————————– Voluntarism
The Rule of Men —————————– The Rule of Law
Censorship ——————————- Freedom of Speech
Initiatory Force ————– Defensive/Retaliatory Force
Ends justify means —– Ends and means are the same
Might is Right ———————————— Right is Might
Disorder and Chaos —————— Order and Symmetry
Envy ——————————————————— Pride
Unearned ———————————————— Earned
Emotions / Feelings ——————— Reason / Thinking
State education —————————- Private Education
Controlled Minds ———————————– Free Minds
Controlled Markets —————————— Free Markets
Political Wings ————————— No Wing (Knowing)
Falsehoods and Lies ———————— Facts and Truth
Faith ———————————————————- Reason
Force ————————————————— Persuasion
Social Justice ——————————– Individual Justice
Incompetence ————————————- Competence
Consumption —————————————- Production
‘Fixed Pie’ Theory —————- ‘Bake A Pie’ Philosophy
Wealth Destruction ————————- Wealth Creation
Theft ———————————————————– Trade
Poverty ————————————————– Prosperity
Fear ———————————————————– Love

Can there be any doubt about why we should always choose what is Just Right?

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917 – WOKE joke—the fallacy of the WOKE Right

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Jun 182025

By inventing the term ‘WOKE Right’, author, mathematician and cultural critic James Lindsay has created a nonsensical anti-concept that has done more damage to causes on the Right than any fake news media could. Fake concepts are far more dangerous than fake news narratives.

In the intellectual confusion surrounding political concepts, it should not be surprising that many on the Right have come to both accept – and fear – being labeled ‘WOKE.’ But the joke is on them, and it was made possible by yet another political fiction called the ‘political spectrum.’

The ‘political spectrum’ was perhaps the most brilliant and effective propaganda victory that the Left ever created. Following the political maxim of ‘define or be defined,’ the Left succeeded in defining the Right as simply another variant of the Left – fascist instead of communist or socialist.

Lindsay has mischievously created the concept of WOKE Right in such a convoluted way as to make any objective understanding of either word impossible. Worse, the concept of ‘WOKE’ serves no useful purpose as an adjective. The term ‘WOKE Right’ is a contradiction. The term ‘WOKE Left’ is redundant. Continue reading »

916 – VERITAS!—to tyranny

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Jun 112025

In speaking truth to tyranny, it is necessary to expose both the immorality and historical record of socialism, its most widely recognized cause.

Despite its destructive consequences, the popularity of socialism persists, and this does not bode well for those who adopt socialism. As Senegal’s Magatte Wade illustrates, Africa’s poverty and tyranny are a direct consequence of “the deadly ideology of socialism,” an ideology also being practiced in Canada.

In fact, Canada’s recent political history provides a testimony to the tyranny caused by socialism, a tyranny not so unlike that which has been experienced in Africa.

The Freedom Convoy in 2022 provided both a literal and symbolic example of just how far from a free democracy Canada had drifted. Peacefully organized to oppose COVID-19 vaccine mandates along with all COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns, the Canadian government responded to the convoy and other protestors with force. Continue reading »

915 – VERITAS!—to freedom

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Jun 042025

‘Veritas’ is the Latin word for ‘truth’ and is also the name of a Roman goddess who represents truthfulness and virtue. One individual well known for having his name associated with this word is James O’Keefe, founder of Project Veritas.

His expressed experience after having been ‘fired’ from his own organization reflects certain principles in common with politics, as recently illustrated by seemingly unrelated accounts of life in North Korea today and life during the fall of the Roman Empire.

In speaking truth to freedom, all of these accounts cite the reality that truth itself – veritas – is a key value and virtue upon which any free society depends. Is it any wonder then that unfree collectivist societies and globalists fear the truth more than almost anything else on the planet?

The eternal fundamental political struggle represented by the political polarities of Left and Right is that between collectivism and individualism. To the degree that a society is collectivist, its citizens have less freedom and less prosperity. To the degree that a society is individualist, both freedom and prosperity are the result. Continue reading »

914 – What’s so funny?—just about everything

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May 282025

What’s so funny? What’s ‘funny’ can be something that causes us to laugh or be amused, or it can also refer to something that is peculiar, strange, or odd. That’s probably why just about all things and people have something that could be said to be ‘funny’ about them.

We live in an age when it has become difficult to satirize the actions of many of the world’s politicians and political activists. They have become so ridiculous and disconnected from reality that any such attempt is impossible to make funnier than the object of the satire already is.

So to take a break from all of the not-so-‘funny’ things going on in the world today, let’s take a look at humor in its various basic forms, from the popular appeal of simple ‘groaners,’ riddles and jokes, to the fascination with dark humor and historical events.

From the amusing to the peculiar, traditional humor still has a broad appeal for many. After all, a sense of humor is an essential part of common sense. That’s why there’s no one way to look at comedy or humor that’s Just Right, especially when it’s funny.

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