Over the years, I’ve read the works of many of the top atheists in the English-speaking world: mainly Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens. I’ve noticed that, to a person, they have a fairly well-sharpened wit. The guy at …
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We’re About to See What Happens When We Reject Medical Science
We’ve been discussing the problems that arise–not so much out of ignorance per se, but through ignorance when it’s empowered to make public policy. If there is one common ingredient to American life under Trump’s second term, it’s the rejection …
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Logic vs. Emotion
The idea that Dale Carnagie expressed in the first part of the 20th Century originated thousands of years earlier with the ancient Greeks; in fact, Aristotle wrote an entire treatise on the subject. It’s probably more important today than ever …
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Flat Earthers
This reminds me of someone I met who believes the Earth is hollow, and that there is a hole at the North Pole that leads down to an underground world. When he told me that he wants to lead an …
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“Knowledge of Immeasurable Value that Belongs to All of Us”
Counter-factualism is a huge part of life in the United States right now. That can mean re-writing the history that is (or was) on display in the Smithsonian Museum, climate change denialism, or the rejection of vaccine science. Most of …
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Science and Our Dreams
I have a great deal of respect for the popular physicist Michio Kaku, not only for his prowess as a scientist, but for his capacity to translate his knowledge in a way that communicates to those of us of lesser …
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Aldous Huxley on the Costs of Ignoring Reality
It would be interesting to know if Aldous Huxley was referring to anything specific in mind when he wrote these words about a century ago. At this point, they most certainly pertain to the state of environmental collapse that surrounds …
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On Gender
Good for Rebecca Helm, who created the meme here. Below is a bit about the SRY gene that she mentions. It’s just a few lines long, but it’s sufficient to explain why homophobia is really for true morons. It makes …
Probability and Statistics
If I were designing college curricula, an entry course of probability and statistics might be the only one I’d make mandatory. Want to major in history or English? That’s fine, but I don’t want you to check out of here …
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When It’s Not Lies, It’s Misrepresentation
As the physician points out at left, changing the ingredients in Coca Cola may not be the boon for Americans’ health it’s represented to be.
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