Category Archives: Critical Thinking
opinionated consumption
I consider myself a very conscious, informed consumer, but I have always been very pragmatic about my purchase decisions. I can be swayed against a company if they are engaged in egregious ethical or human rights violations, but for the most part I’m willing to overlook many of the reasons that cause more ideologically-driven shoppers [...]
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and the geek shall inherit the earth
I don’t expect non-programmers to get much out of this list of the top ten things that annoy programmers, but if you’re into free thinking and science, you might like this bit — it’s the number one annoyance, “Your own code, six months later” Ever look back at some of your old code and grimace [...]
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the tyranny of lazy-mindedness
I cannot abide lazy-mindedness. This makes me a really, really lousy tech support person (or really good, depending on how you look at it.) I tend to answer questions by alluding vaguely to how such a thing might be figured out, rather than, you know, give an actual answer. Godlizard helps those who help themselves, [...]
Also posted in Creationism 46 Comments
debate fail
It started out innocently enough. Coworker A comes back from session with chiropractor/massage guy, starts telling me funny story about how he did this test where he pressed down on her arm and told her about her past lives. We were sharing a good laugh about 187 past lives (about average for his clients) and [...]
trust the wisdom of children
I raised my children with the choice of any faith available, and provided them with the means to explore the options. My daughter and youngest son are atheists, my middle son is a Christian (he is a gentle, kind young man who would never hate or exclude anyone from anything, and he likes science). In [...]
Also posted in Humanism 7 Comments
asking the right questions
First of all, fantastic and thought-provoking post on Scienceblogs, “Creating God in one’s own image“, about a study which concluded that God is a sockpuppet (see illustration) — and this does appear to have a scientific basis in fact, not based just on the answers, but on the methodology of the study. It’s all in [...]
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when skepticism fails