INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 990 Amsterdam, June 11th, 2022 INTEGRAL AND THE “HALO EFFECT” - Edgar Morin's Critique of the War in Ukraine - JOSEPH DILLARD The “Halo Effect” is a cognitive bias by which we automatically assume credibility for those we respect, outside their areas of demonstrated competence, and give the leaders we admire the “benefit of the doubt” instead of holding them accountable. I will attempt to buck that tendency by showing how respected integral thinker Edgar Morin is, to put it nicely, speaking outside his area of expertise. Read more: https://www.integralworld.net/dillard70.html SECURITY FOR ALL! - A Reply to Brad Reynolds - JEFF MEYERHOFF Brad Reynolds responded with two comments appended to my essay “A Context for Survival: The US, Russia and Ukraine” on Integral World. Reynolds bases his counterargument on a glaring but common contradiction. He rightly documents the threat that Russia poses to Europe and the U.S., but contradictorily doesn't acknowledge the threat that the U.S. and Europe poses towards Russia. I contend consistently that both sides can claim a credible threat from the other and so fairness and consistency demands solutions that accept this reality if we are to foster the coordinated internationalism both Reynolds and I advocate. Read more: https://www.integralworld.net/meyerhoff20.html