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Posts Tagged ‘pseudoscience’

Video: Storm by Tim Minchin

Monday, January 9th, 2012

Hilarious animated short by Tim Minchin

On Science

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

You make a false distinction between “politics” and “science,” one based on argument and the other on “objectivity.” They are of exactly the same form, conducted in exactly the same way, by exactly the same people. Both are done by humans, humans who want. Whatever truth is out there is barely detectable through the mist [...]

Do We Need More Science?

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

Unfortunately, the pursuit of scientific truth often results in the same dogmatic thinking that religions actively cultivate… humans are inherently flawed in their capacity to evaluate information and perceive truth (otherwise religion would have had short shrift) – whether humans as a species will overcome this shortcoming seems very doubtful.

Thought Police Blotter: The Rorschach Plates

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Look no further, psychotic asylum-denizens and sane (if rightfully morose) discontents … whether you need a normative answer to buy your ticket off the hospital grounds or you would like to play madman for a while, the secrets of the Rorschach Test have finally come home to roost at Wikipedia. Is this a boon for [...]