by Carl Howard | Aug 15, 2011 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Charity and Philanthropy, Mind, Psychology and Consciousness, Resources, Food and Environment, Science and Skepticism
In 2009 I set up a recurring (monthly) donation to the World Food Program. In mid 2010, I decided that I’d be quitting my job in early 2011 and taking a year off. As part of that I began to wind down some expenses to save up a bit more. One of the things to go was...
by Carl Howard | Jul 18, 2011 | Atrocities and Oppression, Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Evolution and Biology, Science and Skepticism
I reckon most people aren’t too comfortable with the idea of punishing children for the actions of their forefathers. At least when the idea is stated explicitly. Consider Exodus 20:5-6. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God...
by Carl Howard | May 19, 2011 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, History, Language, Society
Luke Muehlhauser has a very interesting page up where he’s run every inaugural speech from every US president through an automatic reading level analyser. Here is the page for the full graph and stats. For the lazy, it basically starts off very high from George...
by Carl Howard | Apr 29, 2011 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Science and Skepticism
Atomic theory is pseudoscience. It is completely unproven: nobody has ever observed an “atom” under laboratory conditions. Rationalisations like track marks in “particle” colliders are little more than ad hoc excuses. Atomic theory is inconsistent with physics, that...
by Carl Howard | Apr 27, 2011 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Mind, Psychology and Consciousness, Philosophy
There seems to be an interesting relationship between a key puzzle in metaethics and a key puzzle about consciousness. In the field of metaethics, the main aim is generally to propose a theory of what it means for something to be moral, with justification. (It is the...
by Carl Howard | Apr 19, 2011 | Atheism and Religion, Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Science and Skepticism
Video Link By now you’re probably familiar with the tide-goes-in-tide-goes-out memes. If so, skip to “What you might not know”. If you’ve been under a rock, here’s a quick description. So, David Silverman (the president of the American Atheists) is appearing on...
