We need to fight back on the idea that there’s nothing we can really know. When I taught, more and more I’d run up against the claim that there’s nothing we can know in the world. I believe that it’s a dangerous situation if we think science is on par
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A Puff of Absurdity: Maté: Part Depth Psychology, but Part Questionable Quick Fix
He received the Order of Canada, profoundly helped many people with addiction on the streets of Vancouver, and is much loved and admired, but some of Dr. Gabor Maté’s claims feel like they don’t hold water. And some claims might actually be dangerous if blindly accepted. I’ve encountered Maté in
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: Yup, Masks Really Work. I’m not Sure Why This is So Hard to Grasp!
I’ve been inundated lately with pictures from the sides of mask boxes that say something like this: I could return volley with this, from the side of my 3M Aura N95s: Instead I went for a lesson in logic, specifically, the fallacy of accident: And here’s a great thread from
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Queer Logic – What is a Woman?
But it’s not about performing stereotypes, honest!
Continue readingThings Are Good: This Flowchart Helps You Evaluate any Argument
Figure 1 from Cook, Ellerton, and Kinkead 2018. CC BY 3.0 Complex issues with multiple influential factors can be difficult to process for some. Three researchers from George Mason University and the University of Queensland decided to help people evaluate arguments by combining their own knowledge into one handy flowchart.
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: On Silence in the Face of Alt-Facts
I think part of the reason we’re swimming in crap is because we care more about being friendly than we do about spreading accurate claims. There are courses out there to learn how to detect bullshit, but maybe we also need to learn how to call something out without looking
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: On Silence in the Face of Alt-Facts
I think part of the reason we’re swimming in crap is because we care more about being friendly than we do about spreading accurate claims. There are courses out there to learn how to detect bullshit, but maybe we also need to learn how to call something out without looking
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – Did God Create the Universe?
Oh, probably not, but here is Discovering Religions take on why god isn’t necessary in our Universe. Filed under: Religion Tagged: Creation, Logic, Religion, The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice, The Universe
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: The Defence Of Tom Flanagan
To a calm and rational observer, the statement “viewing child pornography is victimless” is true. To an emotional person prone to sensationalism, for writing that first line, I should be reported to the RCMP. On Wednesday night Tom Flanagan, a former adviser to Stephen Harper, spoke to a small crowd
Continue readingTrashy's World: This is logic – and THIS is…
…the logic of religion! LOL! (5) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – God is Love and Poseidon is the Sea
“Do you believe in god?” “No.” “Well, do you believe in love?” “Sure.” “Then you must believe in god, as god is love” “Wha…?” I’ve heard the ‘god is love’ bit quite a number of times, but never as a proof for its deistic existence. When it is merely an
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The politics of logic and history #nlpoli
“Government does not work on logic,” a wise man once told your humble e-scribbler. “It works on the basis of history.” When faced with a new problem, people tend to do what they did before, not what might make sense in the new circumstances. You can see that the preference
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – You Can’t Explain It: Must Have Been God
There is a conversation that happens all the time between theists and non-believers. I have engaged in it many times myself as well as observed others engaging in it more times than I can count. While there are a number of seemingly valid ways atheists could deal with this conversation,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: A Visualization of Logical Fallacies
Check out a speech given by Britian’s most senior Catholic. Filed under: Education Tagged:
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