Archive for the ‘ Critical Thinking and Skepticism ’ Category
I never though that the colour gray could be the subject of such lengthy discussion, but everything’s possible if you’re a rationalist. Case in point: The Fallacy of Gray. My favorite part is this: If science is based on ‘faith’, then science is of the same kind as religion – directly comparable. If science is a religion, [ READ MORE ]
Let’s take a little detour from our usual route through Banana-land, shall we? Let’s talk homeopathy. I know people who’ve tried it. I even know people who believe in it. Why? Well, who knows. I couldn’t possibly do a better job of explaining why homeopathy is so pathetically ridiculous than this comic, so I suggest you [ READ MORE ]
In one of Ray’s latest posts, he discusses morality. Yes, again. He still holds the opinion that without God, people are completely free to redefine morality however they want, so that war is peace, murder is life and hate is love. Of course, anyone with a speck of intelligence knows this just isn’t true, that [ READ MORE ]
YouTube user QualiaSoup has made another great video, this one dealing with the problems of trying to prove a baseless assertion to other people. [youtube]5wV_REEdvxo[/youtube] [ READ MORE ]
This is a re-post of a story that reddit user assfly0 posted in the atheism subreddit, which I thought was so good that I wanted to share it with as many more people as possible. Enjoy! Today was a dreary, drizzly Sunday. Wet, cold and raw, it decided. I lounged in the house, eating breakfast, completing [ READ MORE ]
Apparently, Richard Dawkins’ website and discussion forum were hacked yesterday. The hackers used the site to send out spam to users, but everything was promptly restored and the hole was quickly plugged shut again. However, DLH on Uncommon Descent used this as an opportunity to argue for Intelligent Design. Apparently, since the website wasn’t perfectly [ READ MORE ]
In the beginning, God created the world, all the animals, and ultimately a man and a woman, right? Whatever went through the minds of the only two people in existence at that time had to have been put there, explicitely, by God, right? I mean, unless someone else was involved in the whole creation thing. [ READ MORE ]
Youtuber ExtantDodo has a series of videos where he dissects each of Kent Hovind’s arguments for Creationism. The last video was uploaded in November 2008, but since Hovind himself is in jail for tax fraud anyway, I guess there’s no real rush in making more videos… Anyway, I’d like to present the first video in this [ READ MORE ]
On Ray Comfort’s latest post, user Prestor John posted some really great gems that I sincerely hope he doesn’t mind if I re-post: Believer: I can give you irrefutable scientific proof for the existence of God! Skeptic: I’m listening. Believer: First, if you will indulge me, a small preamble (Trust me, this argument is going to knock your [ READ MORE ]
You know, give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime? Well, tell a kid something’s irrational and you help him for a day, teach a kid how to think rationally and he’ll teach himself for a lifetime. Jen, Blag Hag [ READ MORE ]