Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
1st February 2015, 06:17 AM
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Replies: 4,555
Views: 533,871
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...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
1st February 2015, 04:45 AM
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Replies: 57
Views: 7,129
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
1st February 2015, 02:55 AM
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Replies: 57
Views: 7,129
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
15th October 2014, 09:47 PM
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Replies: 4,555
Views: 533,871
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...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
18th April 2014, 03:39 AM
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Replies: 215
Views: 18,807
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...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
22nd September 2013, 05:41 AM
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Replies: 9,234
Views: 859,729
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...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
27th June 2013, 06:28 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 6,439
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
27th June 2013, 02:36 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,688
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
25th June 2013, 03:20 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,688
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
23rd June 2013, 04:27 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,688
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
20th April 2013, 04:29 AM
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Replies: 550
Views: 74,679
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
15th March 2013, 04:28 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 5,164
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
15th March 2013, 09:56 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 5,164
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...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
25th November 2012, 12:43 PM
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Replies: 3,083
Views: 119,362
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
25th November 2012, 12:29 PM
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Replies: 3,083
Views: 119,362
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...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
25th November 2012, 12:14 PM
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Replies: 3,083
Views: 119,362
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
25th November 2012, 11:37 AM
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Replies: 3,083
Views: 119,362
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...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
25th November 2012, 10:55 AM
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Replies: 3,083
Views: 119,362
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...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
25th November 2012, 08:41 AM
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Replies: 3,083
Views: 119,362
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
25th November 2012, 07:31 AM
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Replies: 3,083
Views: 119,362
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
24th November 2012, 05:19 PM
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Replies: 3,083
Views: 119,362
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
11th November 2012, 10:48 AM
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Replies: 119
Views: 6,049
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
11th November 2012, 03:03 AM
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Replies: 119
Views: 6,049
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
2nd November 2012, 10:58 AM
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Replies: 9,234
Views: 859,729
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
2nd November 2012, 09:47 AM
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Replies: 9,234
Views: 859,729
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
31st October 2012, 01:48 AM
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Replies: 9,234
Views: 859,729
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...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
30th October 2012, 02:36 AM
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Replies: 9,234
Views: 859,729
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
30th September 2012, 12:11 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,362
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
29th September 2012, 05:49 AM
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Replies: 417
Views: 71,056
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
9th September 2012, 10:44 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,580
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
3rd January 2012, 03:41 PM
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Replies: 266
Views: 14,033
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
3rd January 2012, 03:59 AM
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Replies: 201
Views: 22,830
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...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
3rd December 2011, 08:20 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 3,605
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
2nd December 2011, 08:45 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 3,605
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
2nd December 2011, 03:52 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 3,605
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
30th November 2011, 05:42 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 3,605
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
16th November 2011, 06:13 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,108
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
15th November 2011, 04:33 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 14,845
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...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
13th November 2011, 03:42 AM
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Replies: 4,040
Views: 429,461
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
10th November 2011, 04:05 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 3,498
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...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
9th November 2011, 03:33 PM
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Replies: 417
Views: 71,056
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Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
8th November 2011, 07:35 AM
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Replies: 89
Views: 7,427
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
6th November 2011, 08:26 PM
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Replies: 417
Views: 71,056
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
23rd May 2011, 12:43 AM
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Replies: 417
Views: 71,056
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
21st March 2011, 04:58 AM
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Replies: 526
Views: 19,987
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
20th March 2011, 07:48 AM
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Replies: 526
Views: 19,987
@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...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
19th March 2011, 08:42 PM
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Replies: 526
Views: 19,987
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
19th March 2011, 08:01 PM
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Replies: 526
Views: 19,987
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...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
19th March 2011, 07:51 PM
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Replies: 526
Views: 19,987
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
19th March 2011, 01:39 PM
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Replies: 526
Views: 19,987
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