by Carl Howard | Jul 29, 2008 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, Sex
Not bisexuals who are agnostic; the agnosticism (or rather denialism) about the existence of bisexuals. I’m constantly amazed people still deny this. To me it’s not different to denialism of Copernicanism, evolution, global warming, relativity, AIDS etc. Except unlike...
by Carl Howard | Jun 5, 2008 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Philosophy, Race, Science and Skepticism
It’s common to think of the idea that babies are caused by sex as sort of the ultimate Obvious Idea. When someone wants to make fun of another’s naivety or ignorance they will sometimes quip “he/she thinks babies come from storks”. This concept even gets the grandiose...
by Carl Howard | Apr 27, 2008 | Atrocities and Oppression, Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Society
It’s very common for people to think the world is getting more violent. See some online examples here. Nothing could be more wrong: The best talk about this Pinker’s: violence has been steadily decreasing for the last few hundred years Surges like the the USA 60s...
by Carl Howard | Apr 21, 2008 | Atrocities and Oppression, Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Science and Skepticism, Spirituality
Mysticism is typically associated with peace: Mother Teresa is considered the ultimate mystic/ascetic/saint in modern mythology (however this is bullshit). There are of course older archetypes like Francis of Assissi Mysticism is seen as a “more advanced” version of a...
