I got an e-mail today advertising for a new “scientific” diet–we should be, of all things, STARCH-eaters, because “all mammals eat basically the same diet. I really wish I had kept the e-mail now, so that I could this stupidity out with contact information attached. Oh, well. I won’t bother with the fact that fossils …
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I Was Wrong About Global Warming!
Well, off by a few years. I understood that Solar Cycle 24 had just peaked, and that we were already entering Solar Cycle 25, predicted to be one of the weakest on record. Actually, 24 peaks in 2013, and 25 begins in 2019. However, the peak of Solar Cycle 24 is still predicted to be …
Taking Resposibilty for Your Fellow Man
I was watching an on-the-street interview with one of the “Wall Street Occupiers” yesterday, and he summed up his philosophy by stating that “we just believe that the more fortunate should take responsibility for their fellow man”. This pretence of compassion is one of the most often-repeated appeals of the Socialist, but the problems with …
The Tea Partier and the CEO
I have seen an image being passed around several friends’ walls on Facebook, and I’m sure you’ve seen it, too: an evil, grinning man in a suit holding a cookie, next to a joke in which he (a corporate Chief Executive Officer) takes 11 out of 12 cookies on a plate, and then warns the …
Why Argument from Authority is Invalid
On February 2nd, renowned physicist Michio Kaku (I have several of his books) appeared on the CBS morning show to discuss the relationship of the recent snowstorms to Global Warming. Dr. Kaku’s argument (basically) was that warmer air caused greater evaporation in the Gulf of Mexico, which increased the amount of water vapor in the …
My Paper in a Nutshell…
Some time ago, I was unfortunate enough to read Political Conservatism as Motivated Social Cognition, a research paper from the University of California, Berkeley, in which a group of liberal professors congratulate themselves on how cool liberals are and how rotten conservatives, while demonstrating absolutely no understanding of the usage of the terms (Adolph Hitler, …
The High Road
So, the Libertarian Party has been making a stink on Facebook about what a terrible blow for personal liberty it is that California didn’t legalize marijuana this time around. This is one of the several reasons that, although I describe myself as a libertarian, I will never associate myself with the Libertarian Party.While I don’t …
The Rationality of Atheism
Talk of bringing atheism into a religious discussion forum brought up the position that atheism “would be the voice of reason waiting to hear what you believe and why.” Disregarding the fact that superiority complexes seldom provide the voice of reason, let us examine some points: In the presence of positive evidence, the reasonable course …
Ethics and Global Climate Change: A Rebuttal
As I mentioned on Facebook, my race to get this to my professor in time for drill weekend led me to fudge some page numbers in the citations. I’ve never had the time since to adequately fix them, so I’ve simply removed the offending citations. The remainder of my paper is below: Stephen Gardiner, “Ethics …
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"It’s Just My Scientist Against Your Scientist"
In a recent discussion on the topic of abortion, I linked to a webpage from Princeton illustrating that, scientifically speaking, life begins at conception. The response to this was, “Well, I can pull up scientists who say just the opposite, so you’re really just playing ‘It’s My Scientist Against Your Scientist.” My response: Go ahead–I …
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