by Carl Howard | Jul 12, 2010 | Atheism and Religion, Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Blogging the Bible, Language, Science and Skepticism
I’ve been moving and in the pandemonium have stuffed up the schedule so you might have seen a half-baked version of this yesterday. Here’s the real thing! A recent episode of the Atheist Experience has made me aware of one of the most ridiculous arguments for...
by Carl Howard | Jun 16, 2010 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Charity and Philanthropy, Science and Skepticism
About 8 months ago I did a post about World Food Day where I mentioned microfinance (especially Kiva.org) as a great way of doing more useful things with donor funds. Skeptical fail: I applied an abysmal level of critical thinking to the area of charities/development....
by Carl Howard | Jun 8, 2010 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Ethics, Evolution and Biology, Philosophy
The 5 min challenge that I would like everyone to take is to watch this video in its entirety and note your reactions. It’s only about 3.5 mins long so not a burden. But, do not switch tabs or open any windows, just give it your full attention: YouTube link...
by Carl Howard | May 3, 2010 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Charity and Philanthropy, Mind, Psychology and Consciousness, Science and Skepticism
I think the most famous quote from Stalin, or at least the one most famous outside the Russian-speaking world is “The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic”. This looks to be an urban legend but the sentiment is certainly true. We are...
by Carl Howard | Nov 21, 2009 | Atheism and Religion, Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Evolution and Biology, Science and Skepticism
Some creationist ads were appearing on ScienceBlogs.com advertising a free creationist booklet. PZ Myers suggested readers order some and write refutations. It sounded like fun and I haven’t blogged too much on creationism, so I thought why not? If you’re feeling...
by Carl Howard | Oct 13, 2009 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Resources, Food and Environment, Society
First World Third World Plentitude Starvation Liberal Democracy Genocidal Dictatorship Education Superstition Whites Non-whites Technology Poverty High life span Death before 40 2 child families 9 child families Widespread contraception Genital mutilation You...
