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Lucas Necessary

Lucas was born in Atlanta, GA. His entire life has been leading up to this moment, where he tells you to learn all about him via his biography, located here: https://hikinginthelight.us/about-the-author-hey-thats-me/

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Suffering Drought Of War Heroes, Nation Delighted To Find Untapped Supply In Iran

Suffering Drought Of War Heroes, Nation Delighted To Find Untapped Supply In Iran

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe United States of America, long a leader in troop deaths in never-ending wars, has become a laughing stock among nations in the past years as it has sought to draw-down troop numbers and conflicts. This has resulted in less patriotic bloodshed, and also less dead war heroes, which the nation values. “It’s really sad,” commented Stephanie Grisham, the White House Press Secretary. “We don’t give Obama enough credit for…

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CA Law Mandating Female Boardmembers Results in Many Gender Transitions

CA Law Mandating Female Boardmembers Results in Many Gender Transitions

Reading Time: 4 minutesA new law in California is having surprising effects. In September of 2018, the governor of California signed into effect a gender diversity bill, which mandates that any corporate board in the state have at least one female board member. Further, beginning in July 2021, the bill requires a minimum of two women directors on boards with five directors and at least three women on boards with six or more…

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Founding Fathers Intended Executive Branch to be Unchecked, Nation Delighted to Learn

Founding Fathers Intended Executive Branch to be Unchecked, Nation Delighted to Learn

Reading Time: 4 minutesHistorians have been shocked to learn that, for hundreds of years, our reading of the Constitution has been incorrect, and even incomplete. For centuries, it turns out, our nation has been trying to operate under checks-and-balances, with little inconveniences like having Congress authorize military action abroad, instead of the Executive Branch just blowing anyone it feels like off the face of the planet, really being a buzzkill. Dr. Darla B….

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Surprised by Violence in Middle East, USA Returns to Core Competency of Nation Building There

Surprised by Violence in Middle East, USA Returns to Core Competency of Nation Building There

Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter years of letting its influence wane in the Middle East in favor of graciously helping out poor people—and thereby winning hearts and minds—with laser-guided precision in Central Asia, the United States of America is renewing its focus on Iraq and surrounding countries.  United States Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said at a press conference, “The current administration and I both believe that the United States needs to return to…

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Camp above Loomis Lake, Wyoming.
You Can’t Awaken Someone Who Is Pretending to Be Asleep.

You Can’t Awaken Someone Who Is Pretending to Be Asleep.

Reading Time: 3 minutesYou can’t awaken someone who is pretending to be asleep. You also cannot have reciprocated love with someone who is only pretending to feel. Throughout my life, I’ve often found myself wishing that I were a robot, so that I wouldn’t have emotions—I was always impressed by Data in the regard. That wasn’t possible, but I created a facsimile of it, wherein I blocked off letting myself feel connected to…

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CT scan of deformed septum and hypertrophic turbinates
Rated R and 5 Stars: Septoplasty and More

Rated R and 5 Stars: Septoplasty and More

Reading Time: 10 minutesIf you’re considering surgery on your schnozz, boy do I have a show for you! Videos may be the most helpful, but I hope this assists you in making your decision.

Good to Great: James Bond, Goethe, and Self-Slavery

Good to Great: James Bond, Goethe, and Self-Slavery

Reading Time: 2 minutes“This is a very important lesson. You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end—which you can never afford to lose—with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.”

Can You Take a Critique: Seeing Beyond the Ingroup Horizon

Can You Take a Critique: Seeing Beyond the Ingroup Horizon

Reading Time: 3 minutes “How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide” is a great book.* The authors have noted that academia (including the most prominent medical journals) is subject to an increasing assault whereby science is replaced by social justice. (They famously had a number of bogus studies, including one which won an award, published in academic journals to highlight this insidious trend.) The authors are also concerned about so-called “virtue-signaling” and…

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(Podcast) The Land of Steadfast Habits: Confronting the Facts

(Podcast) The Land of Steadfast Habits: Confronting the Facts

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLucas gives a talk on how he used nature to dwell on God and himself, and improved his mental and spiritual health…and how that convinced him to change his “stinkin’ thinkin.” How is cognitive behavioral therapy tied to repentance? Note: the audio is damaged starting a couple of minutes in due to the failure of the lavalier mic.

Lucas Necessary in Cloud Peak Wilderness at night. Lost Twin Lakes, WY.
My Life: A Story of Failure; A Hope of Success

My Life: A Story of Failure; A Hope of Success

Reading Time: 14 minutesNote: This is an older post with valuable information. I now am developing a happy familia. ⇢ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Your Pandora’s Box In a previous article, I noted that much of my failure in communication has ultimately come down to effort. Because I have not put in the time and effort required to build relationships, my overall success in conveying information and having successful relationships has been very…

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A Failure to Communicate: The Story of My Life?

A Failure to Communicate: The Story of My Life?

Reading Time: 4 minutes“Simplifying important but complex messages can be a necessary and valuable approach for increasing the reach of those messages. But when simplification renders the message inaccurate, the mission is harmed.” —Dr. Heather E. Heying  While I was on a quick, 24-mile hike with an acquaintance, she commented that I would talk about things which “made no sense.” While they made plenty of sense to me, and I was conveying correct…

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Blue Lake Hike, Wind River Range—AllTrails summary, Wyoming
12 Miles: Blue Lake, Wind River Range (Unpopular and Easy!)

12 Miles: Blue Lake, Wind River Range (Unpopular and Easy!)

Reading Time: 9 minutesBlue Lake is an off-trail lake that is mostly ignored by the large crowds that use the Big Sandy trailhead. It’s easy to access and has nice fishing for brook trout. While it has great areas to camp, it can also be done as an easy day hike. ➻ Quick Facts —Date of Visit: 17 Oct 2019 —Notable Features: Big Sandy River, Big Sandy Lake; Blue Lake —Total Miles: ~11.6…

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Cloverleaf Lake
Global Warming Alarmists & Climate Change Deniers: How to Have Impossible Conversations with Terrible People

Global Warming Alarmists & Climate Change Deniers: How to Have Impossible Conversations with Terrible People

Reading Time: 6 minutes“There is a delight in the hardy life of the open. There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm. The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased and not impaired in value. Conservation means development as much as it does protection.”…

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Truth, Morality, and Anti-Realism (AKA: Somethin’ ain’t right with that boy, I’ll tell you hwat!”)

Truth, Morality, and Anti-Realism (AKA: Somethin’ ain’t right with that boy, I’ll tell you hwat!”)

Reading Time: 4 minutesTruth and morality tend to be tied together; without truth, there tends to be no morality, at least so far as anyone can elucidate as being objectively codifiable. One benefit of backpacking, at least for me, is that I can listen to a variety of bright folks (well, Dr. Jordan Peterson would probably contend that I’m listening to a variety of people with PhDs, among whom some are bright) talking…

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Searching for Peace, and Working to Maintain It: An Instagram Story

Searching for Peace, and Working to Maintain It: An Instagram Story

Reading Time: 2 minutes“My eyes! Agh my eyes. Maybe learn to take good photos, buddy.” “People like you are why America is being destroyed.” Those are a couple of comments that I’ve gotten randomly from people I don’t know. It’s shocking, though, that my first instinct is to take a written scimitar at the people who left them, and it reveals something about my inner man: I like a fight. You see, I…

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Thinking about Suicide (Though Not Considering It)

Thinking about Suicide (Though Not Considering It)

Reading Time: 4 minutesSuicide among young folks in America has been on the rise. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently found that from 2007 to 2017, the rate of Americans ages 10 to 24 who died by suicide rose by 56 percent, from 6.8 deaths per 100,000 persons to 10.6. (For all ages, see their overview here.) Why is this? What causes a person in a first-world country to kill themselves?…

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Climate Change Models Are Not Designed

Climate Change Models Are Not Designed

Reading Time: 4 minutes“There is at bottom no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but pointless indifference…We are machines for propagating DNA…It is every living object’s sole reason for being.” Dr. Richard Dawkins, a famous biologist said that, and on atheism, it seems to me that while it’s sad, it’s also true. One weird aspect that atheism commits one to is the denial of design—design of any sort, not just of…

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Exchanges with a Former Commander (And Have You Found Zeus?)

Exchanges with a Former Commander (And Have You Found Zeus?)

Reading Time: 14 minutesThis post covers a wide range of important topics. It details discussions that I had with a man who was once my commander. Enjoy. Introduction: They Called Us Nerds, Gary. Nerds. Every so often, a fellow nerd pops up and wants to discuss science and philosophy with me and my heavens am I thirsty for such discussion. Once, a former commander exchanged invigorating emails with me about God, science, free…

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Listening? (Paranoia, instagram, and learning.)

Listening? (Paranoia, instagram, and learning.)

Reading Time: 2 minutes“You have to listen very carefully and tell the truth if you are going to get a paranoid person to open up to you.” —Jordan Peterson Paranoid people exist, and it’s not just Psycho Sam (Hunt for the Wilderpeople…see it!). People are paranoid about so many things these days—the news (fake?), the medical industry (killers?), Russians, instagram, and the list goes on. In addition, technology itself has changed us. In…

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Podcast: The Honest Truth About Dishonesty Part 3

Podcast: The Honest Truth About Dishonesty Part 3

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLucas presents a lesson with some interactive polls about dishonesty. Do we think about what makes us cheat? Thanks to the marvel of modern technology, the assembly was able to answer questions in real time, and see everyone’s results. Briefly, we covered: —The cheating bug. (And is it contagious?)—How to avoid getting ethically ill.—Do we cheat more when we’re together? —Remember your mortality. —Conflicts of interest.—Prioritizing values, and would you…

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Competent Communication

Competent Communication

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen communicating with someone else, style and tone affect information delivery. As the saying goes, “You can be right, but wrong at the top of your voice.” In essence, when communicating with someone else, the person doing the talking/writing needs to construct their wording in such a way that the receiver accurately processes the information. Failure to do this is known in business English as incompetent communication, because valuable information was…

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