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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 1st February 2015, 06:17 AM
Replies: 4,555
Views: 533,881
Posted By Atwill
Not to barge into your discussion here, but I...

Not to barge into your discussion here, but I think this is a mischaracterization of what Sarkeesian actually does in her videos. She doesn't say "This offends my personal sensibilities", but rather...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 1st February 2015, 04:45 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 7,129
Posted By Atwill
If it's the latter (as I'm assuming it is), then...

If it's the latter (as I'm assuming it is), then logical consistency would dictate the damnation of much more than just drag, though. Any kind of parody that involves a costume/getup with the purpose...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 1st February 2015, 02:55 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 7,129
Posted By Atwill
She raises a very good point. I think we as a...

She raises a very good point. I think we as a society should start working on making Blackface acceptable again.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th October 2014, 09:47 PM
Replies: 4,555
Views: 533,881
Posted By Atwill
Since this is my first post in this thread, I...

Since this is my first post in this thread, I would like to make my position clear from the start: I'm highly critical of ideology-tainted reporting and of clickbait-journalism (in general, not just...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 18th April 2014, 03:39 AM
Replies: 215
Views: 18,807
Posted By Atwill
Allow me to vent. As someone who knows Suey...

Allow me to vent.

As someone who knows Suey Park only from interviews and tweets, I can't help but perceive her as the epitome of everything I hate about the way the social justice movement...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 22nd September 2013, 05:41 AM
Replies: 9,234
Views: 859,743
Posted By Atwill
To me, this is one of the few legitimately...

To me, this is one of the few legitimately worrying aspects of A+ and the new social justice movement in general. When FTB had their ConScience web conferences, one of the speakers was...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 27th June 2013, 06:28 AM
Replies: 87
Views: 6,439
Posted By Atwill
Didn't Sheldrake release a book of the same title...

Didn't Sheldrake release a book of the same title just a few months ago? I can hardly keep up with all those delusions.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 27th June 2013, 02:36 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,688
Posted By Atwill
Thanks for your replies, everyone ;)

Thanks for your replies, everyone ;)
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 25th June 2013, 03:20 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,688
Posted By Atwill
Thanks for the response, but I've encountered...

Thanks for the response, but I've encountered that list before, sadly never with its original source. Does anyone know about its origins?
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 23rd June 2013, 04:27 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,688
Posted By Atwill
Scientology: Looking for *properly sourced* examples of auditing questions

As the title says, I'm looking for a few concrete examples of the kinds of questions that are usually being asked during a dianetic auditing session. I've googled around, but the results were either...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 20th April 2013, 04:29 AM
Replies: 550
Views: 74,679
Posted By Atwill
This is all quite depressing to me. Brian Dunning...

This is all quite depressing to me. Brian Dunning is someone whom I feel immeasurably indebted to for having opened my eyes to skeptical discourse on the internet (yes, the rock I was living under...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 15th March 2013, 04:28 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 5,164
Posted By Atwill
Thanks.

Thanks.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 15th March 2013, 09:56 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 5,164
Posted By Atwill
Robert Anton Wilson's "Prove the Normal" Challenge

Has there ever been such a thing? This came up in a conversation about Randi's challenge. Supposedly, R.A. Wilson, in reaction to Randi, held his own contest with the challenge being to "prove the...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 25th November 2012, 12:43 PM
Replies: 3,083
Views: 119,399
Posted By Atwill
What more proof do you want, exactly? Scientific...

What more proof do you want, exactly? Scientific reasoning requires the assumption that deduction is reliable. This assumption is axiomatic. If you disagree with any of this, then I'd appreciate if...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 25th November 2012, 12:29 PM
Replies: 3,083
Views: 119,399
Posted By Atwill
What's wrong with you? You know them. You've...

What's wrong with you? You know them. You've already quoted, highlighted and responded to them.

You haven't argued why any of those are not axioms of science. You just keep insisting that they're...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 25th November 2012, 12:14 PM
Replies: 3,083
Views: 119,399
Posted By Atwill
I've already given four, actually. You've simply...

I've already given four, actually. You've simply dismissed them based on nothing.


No, the highlighted part is indeed an axiom of science. It's a fundamental premise whose validity has to be...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 25th November 2012, 11:37 AM
Replies: 3,083
Views: 119,399
Posted By Atwill
I do consider the ones I mentioned to be axioms...

I do consider the ones I mentioned to be axioms of science. Are you asking for examples of axioms that are *exclusive* to science? That'd be difficult for me, I guess, considering the universality of...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 25th November 2012, 10:55 AM
Replies: 3,083
Views: 119,399
Posted By Atwill
Well, any logical axiom, like the law of...

Well, any logical axiom, like the law of non-contradiction, or any rule of inference.



No, there isn't. I said, after you responded to me as if I had equated them in all regards, that I hadn't...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 25th November 2012, 08:41 AM
Replies: 3,083
Views: 119,399
Posted By Atwill
I wasn't claiming them to be equal or similar in...

I wasn't claiming them to be equal or similar in any way other than all of them being philosophy, which they are. Every single scientific axiom, for example, is a philosophical one as well.

It's...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 25th November 2012, 07:31 AM
Replies: 3,083
Views: 119,399
Posted By Atwill
Well, then you firmly believe something that's...

Well, then you firmly believe something that's demonstrably false.


To me, that's like saying "Words would exist without letters" or "Forests would exist without trees". Science, ethics and...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 24th November 2012, 05:19 PM
Replies: 3,083
Views: 119,399
Posted By Atwill
Maybe I have a skewed, overly broad idea of what...

Maybe I have a skewed, overly broad idea of what constitutes "philosophy", but I have a hard time isolating science from it, or in fact anything else, including the notions expressed in the OP.
...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 11th November 2012, 10:48 AM
Replies: 119
Views: 6,049
Posted By Atwill
Well, I don't think claims with indeterminable...

Well, I don't think claims with indeterminable veracity or no explanatory value whatsoever actually qualify as "answers", but that's just semantics.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 11th November 2012, 03:03 AM
Replies: 119
Views: 6,049
Posted By Atwill
"X answers those questions that science can't." ...

"X answers those questions that science can't."

or similar, but even more offensive

"X and science are just two different approaches to answering the same questions."

"X" being anything from...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 2nd November 2012, 10:58 AM
Replies: 9,234
Views: 859,743
Posted By Atwill
Pardon my insensitivity. I forgot to check my...

Pardon my insensitivity. I forgot to check my sapiens sapiens privilege this morning :(
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 2nd November 2012, 09:47 AM
Replies: 9,234
Views: 859,743
Posted By Atwill
I don't know, but we should definitely start a...

I don't know, but we should definitely start a movement against such nonsense.

You're either with me, or you're a hobgoblin.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 31st October 2012, 01:48 AM
Replies: 9,234
Views: 859,743
Posted By Atwill
I think another huge problem that crippled A+...

I think another huge problem that crippled A+ right from the start was that a lot of its "spokespeople"/most prominent proponents expressed their enthusiasm with, at least to me, incredibly...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 30th October 2012, 02:36 AM
Replies: 9,234
Views: 859,743
Posted By Atwill
I had planned to express my thoughts on this...

I had planned to express my thoughts on this matter with as much nuance, dignity and maturity as possible. I failed miserably:

http://imgur.com/a/iUC3l

:boxedin:
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 30th September 2012, 12:11 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,362
Posted By Atwill
Maybe he's God. I mean, we can't know that he...

Maybe he's God. I mean, we can't know that he isn't, so we have to at least entertain the possibility, if we want to be intellectually honest and keep our True Skeptic membership cards.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 29th September 2012, 05:49 AM
Replies: 417
Views: 71,057
Posted By Atwill
I was just listening to that episode. Just out of...

I was just listening to that episode. Just out of curiosity, is he referring to something specific with his inclusion of those two examples of science failing? I mean, "Climategate" and the peak oil...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 9th September 2012, 10:44 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,580
Posted By Atwill
Jesus Christ. If this had been said by a real...

Jesus Christ. If this had been said by a real comedian, I'd take it as satire.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 3rd January 2012, 03:41 PM
Replies: 266
Views: 14,033
Posted By Atwill
Pretty boneheaded no matter how I look at it. I...

Pretty boneheaded no matter how I look at it. I mean, even if one personally doesn't give the slightest hoot about the change of lyrical content, there's still that issue of Cee Lo awkwardly...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 3rd January 2012, 03:59 AM
Replies: 201
Views: 22,831
Posted By Atwill
Spontaneous human combustion will finally be...

Spontaneous human combustion will finally be demonstrated in adolescent females, when teen pop sensation Justin Bieber is announced to co-star alongside Robert Pattinson in a controversial Twilight...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 3rd December 2011, 08:20 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 3,605
Posted By Atwill
To be fair, no one has actually said anything to...

To be fair, no one has actually said anything to this effect. Resume's point (and I'm agreeing with him on this) wasn't that the skeptic's stigma would justify obnoxious behavior, but that skeptical...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 2nd December 2011, 08:45 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 3,605
Posted By Atwill
Not sure what inspired you to say this. You don't...

Not sure what inspired you to say this. You don't know my standards, or how they might compare to yours. Maybe we're actually brothers in spirit... well, it's not *entirely* implausible.

Anyway,...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 2nd December 2011, 03:52 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 3,605
Posted By Atwill
Hm, I think I might start calling it "a hug by a...

Hm, I think I might start calling it "a hug by a loved one flavored with the cure for cancer".

On a more serious note, I don't think there's much one could conceivably do about the stigma...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 30th November 2011, 05:42 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 3,605
Posted By Atwill
That's why I prefer to call it "hot chocolate...

That's why I prefer to call it "hot chocolate with cinnamon and marshmallows". No one ever takes offense at that.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 16th November 2011, 06:13 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 2,108
Posted By Atwill
http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/imageh...

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/imagehosting/thum_430734ec45f7e412d3.jpg (http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=24623)
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 15th November 2011, 04:33 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 14,845
Posted By Atwill
What was the exact phrasing of the polling...

What was the exact phrasing of the polling question? If they were asking specifically about one's opinion on gay *marriage*, I can certainly see some people (Atheists or not) opposing it for reasons...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 13th November 2011, 03:42 AM
Replies: 4,040
Views: 429,465
Posted By Atwill
I'm not involved at all with this sort of thing,...

I'm not involved at all with this sort of thing, so I have no idea what usually passes for evidence in the Bigfoot community, but that clip was just stunningly unconvincing. If I captured something...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 10th November 2011, 04:05 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 3,498
Posted By Atwill
Quackcast...

Quackcast (http://moremark.squarespace.com/quackcast-home/) - All things quackish

Skeptics Guide to the Universe (http://www.theskepticsguide.org/) - All things skeptical

Reasonable Doubts...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 9th November 2011, 03:33 PM
Replies: 417
Views: 71,057
Posted By Atwill
Thanks for mentioning this. I'll check it out.

Thanks for mentioning this. I'll check it out.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 8th November 2011, 07:35 AM
Replies: 89
Views: 7,427
Posted By Atwill
This is how I would define a conspiracy theory's...

This is how I would define a conspiracy theory's ultimate shark-jumping moment as well. The moment when the proponents respond to criticism by modifying their original theory to such a degree that it...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 6th November 2011, 08:26 PM
Replies: 417
Views: 71,057
Posted By Atwill
Just thought I'd give this thread a little bump....

Just thought I'd give this thread a little bump. I don't feel like I can contribute anything of value, but I do enjoy following the conversation.

By the way, I hadn't listened to Skeptiko in a few...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 23rd May 2011, 12:43 AM
Replies: 417
Views: 71,057
Posted By Atwill
Just wanted to say Thanks to those in this thread...

Just wanted to say Thanks to those in this thread who are willing to invest some time and effort into scrutinizing Skeptiko. I've been following Alex' podcast for quite a while now and always wanted...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 21st March 2011, 04:58 AM
Replies: 526
Views: 19,987
Posted By Atwill
Going along with Virus' examples of epilepsy and...

Going along with Virus' examples of epilepsy and diabetes, what kind of herbs, barks and roots would you prescribe to someone who suffers from those conditions? Antiepileptic medication in particular...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 20th March 2011, 07:48 AM
Replies: 526
Views: 19,987
Posted By Atwill
@EGarrett Cavemonster has already addressed a...

@EGarrett
Cavemonster has already addressed a large portion of the points I wanted to comment on, so I hope you don't mind if I only pick up on one thing.


Well, once again, no, they do not. To...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 19th March 2011, 08:42 PM
Replies: 526
Views: 19,987
Posted By Atwill
That's the very thing I've been saying: Pointing...

That's the very thing I've been saying: Pointing at the proponent's hypocrisy is *not* evidence that an idea is irrational or invalid. It is a critique of the person, not of the idea.

That aside,...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 19th March 2011, 08:01 PM
Replies: 526
Views: 19,987
Posted By Atwill
Well, there would be advantages to a simple...

Well, there would be advantages to a simple hunter/gatherer life, but I cannot think of any that wouldn't also come with an enormous disadvantage, which is why I consider the OP's cherry-picked...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 19th March 2011, 07:51 PM
Replies: 526
Views: 19,987
Posted By Atwill
Kind of a strange thing to say, considering that...

Kind of a strange thing to say, considering that this is precisely what I was doing when I pointed out the fallaciousness of the recurring appeal to hypocrisy. Whether the OP is being a hypocrite or...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 19th March 2011, 01:39 PM
Replies: 526
Views: 19,987
Posted By Atwill
At the risk of sounding holier-than-thou, I'm a...

At the risk of sounding holier-than-thou, I'm a bit baffled by all the hostility flung towards the OP. His idea of "Primitivism Light" may reek of "having one's cake and eating it too", since he...
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