by Carl Howard | Dec 12, 2013 | Blog Topics, Language, Mind, Psychology and Consciousness, Science and Skepticism
A while ago, I saw a full page ad for Rosetta Stone (a language learning software company) in the Scientific American in an Istanbul hostel. I had to take a photo because I was so shocked at the content. (Transcript is on this page.) I’ll ignore the wordiness. It...
by Carl Howard | Dec 4, 2013 | Atrocities and Oppression, Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Ethics, History, Race, Science and Skepticism, Society
It’s common to hear lamentations about the stupidity of the general voting public. “And these people vote!” is a common ending to a story about stupidity as you can see in the image above. It’s not as combative as “And these people breed!” (which I might cover later)...
by Carl Howard | Dec 1, 2013 | Charity and Philanthropy, Medicine, Resources, Food and Environment
This post was originally published by Mango Salute at http://mangosalute.com/salutetheday/world-aids-day-it-s-not-doom-and-gloom The HIV/AIDS epidemic is one of the most serious health crises in the world – which is something we all know. Even if you’re...
by Carl Howard | Nov 28, 2013 | Atrocities and Oppression, Biases and Fallacies, History, Race
There’s been some news coverage about the Dutch tradition of Zwarte Piet or Black Pete. As part if the annual Feast of St Nicholas celebrations, Santa is accompanied by a servant (whose appearance is of pagan origin). Basically lots of people put on blackface. ...
by Carl Howard | Nov 25, 2013 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Charity and Philanthropy, Feminism and LGBT, Race, Science and Skepticism, Society
Some recent events got me thinking about the troubles with the idea of being reasonable. Of course, I’m all for the practice of reason. The problem is using it as a label in argument, especially when it’s done with rhetorical flourish. A great background post to this...
by Carl Howard | Nov 19, 2013 | Charity and Philanthropy, Medicine, Resources, Food and Environment
This post was originally published by Mango Salute at http://mangosalute.com/salutetheday/world-toilet-day-confronting-important-unmentionables Whenever you turn on the TV or even check your postbox, you will encounter dozens of charities and causes competing...
