It’s time to play everybody’s favorite game: Spot The Logical Fallacy! Each week (or whenever we get round to it), we pull quotations from news reports from around the world which contain […]
Spot The Logical Fallacy!
See the first installment of our favorite game. As is frequent in the evolution of games shows, the set of rules has been simplified. It’s time to play everybody’s favorite game: Spot […]
College Graduates Are Academically Adrift
Repost I meant for this to run two days, but events overtook. Therefore, I’m restoring it to the top for the remainder of the day. Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses […]
Belief In God “Rooted” In Human Nature Say Academics
New research has shown—and by “research” I mean a fact long known to citizens is revealed to academics who attach a p-value to it and publish it—“that suggests that religion is a […]
The Trolley Problem And Experimental Philosophy
The Trolley Problem, as given by Eric Schwitzgebel (as part of a larger survey): You are standing by the railroad tracks when you notice an empty boxcar rolling out of control. It […]
Stephen Hawking Says Heaven Fairy Story
“There is no heaven; it’s a fairy story,” said Stephen Hawking to The Guardian. And since the wheelchair-bound physicist is famous, and known to be clever (despite bedevilment by disease), his comments […]
New York Passes Gay Marriage: What Are The Consequences?
Jason and David meet to discuss the new gay marriage law. Jason: “It finally happened! New York passed gay marriage. Now gay couples are the same as straight couples!” David: “But they’re […]
Democrats’ Appalling Budget Wishcast
Update No extra charge for today’s initially misspelled headline. It is a logical fallacy to say that it OK for John to lie, cheat and steal because Mary lied, cheated and stole. […]
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