Of all the good and wonderful things kids can learn at school these days, it seems that logic is still not one of them. Certainly, skills in logical thinking are necessary for maths and perhaps some other disciplines, but these subjects do not teach logic per se. Rather, they simply reward students who already possess […]
Archive for the ‘Logic’ Category
Pseudo-cross posted from Homologous Legs Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality is a perfect, perfect example of non-terrible fanfiction (stories about and within the context of other authors’ fictional universes, written by fans of those universes). Set in an alternative universe to the books, it imagines the consequences of Harry Potter being raised to […]
While looking through the science section at EzineArticles.com, I found an article which disputed the reliability of twin studies in psychology research. This in itself is not a bad thing. There are some methodological issues with twin studies. But the author’s main arguments were that twin studies don’t involve DNA testing, that the research results […]
…such as Denyse O’Leary and basically every other member of the Discovery Institute (run-of-the-mill creationists might find this applicable to themselves as well): If certain origin of life experiments are invalid because they involve intelligent agents setting their starting conditions to certain levels of complexity, are historical re-enactments and museum exhibits also invalid?
Cross Posted At Friend of Reason It’s time for the second installment of my “Chronicle of Belief” where I attempt to put into words my own world-view and the opinions and positions that help define me. This entry is about my identification with the label Secular Humanist, a particular world-view with which I sympathize and identify […]
One issue over which my opinion has been rather fluid as of late is that of labels. Often times I avoid the use of labels, arguing that they provide others with opportunity to make unfounded assumptions and put into practice pre-conceived notions. As we come to learn new labels we inevitably begin a process of […]
There are many great webcomics that I regularly read, including Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Hark! A Vagrant and Dinosaur Comics, but one of my absolute favourites is Dresden Codak — a comic about transhumanism and… well, awesome stuff like that. Updates by the author, Aaron Diaz, are extremely irregular, due to the vast amounts of time required for […]
I recently mentioned, on my blog, Dr. Granville Sewell, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Texas, El Paso, in relation to a new book of his, filled with essays about intelligent design and evolution, that was recently published by the Discovery Institute. Sewell is an intelligent design proponent/advocate, and due to his status as […]
