Month: May 2015

  • The “Echo Chamber Effect”

    The “Echo Chamber Effect”

    Last Updated on 2022-07-08 by Joop Beris When unsure of something, it is smart to seek advice from someone else. Nobody knows everything so sometimes we have to rely on the expertise of others to help us make a decision. For medical questions, you consult your doctor. For mortgage advice, we consult a financial advisor.…

  • The Tyranny of the Discontinuous Mind

    The Tyranny of the Discontinuous Mind

    Last Updated on 2022-07-08 by Joop Beris Last night, I wrote a post about my discussion with someone who considers all abortion is equal to murder. In that article, I included a tweet from Richard Dawkins, who said that an embryo is at the very least less sentient than any adult mammal. Since mr. Dawkins…

  • The right to have an abortion

    The right to have an abortion

    Last Updated on 2022-07-08 by Joop Beris Recently, I got into a discussion with someone on Twitter about whether or not a woman should have a right to an abortion. I will not link to the actual discussion here because I wish to keep my Twitter account separate from my real life identity for various…

  • Stupid

    Stupid

    Last Updated on 2022-07-08 by Joop Beris A wise man once said that the sum of intelligence in the world is a constant, while the human population is growing. The more I look around and see or hear things, the more I’m convinced he may have been on to something with that statement. Everywhere you…

  • The difference between atheism and faith

    The difference between atheism and faith

    Last Updated on 2022-07-08 by Joop Beris I had a discussion today on Google+ (yes, there are people using it) about the existence of hell and why atheists would choose to go there. Apparently the argument “I don’t believe in hell” didn’t go down too well because the response was along the lines of “You…

  • 15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense

    15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense

    Last Updated on 2022-07-08 by Joop Beris A link to a very good article that I found in the Twitter feed of Ah Science!, answering Creationists wrong, biased, misinformed and deceptive objections to evolution. Good read! Opponents of evolution want to make a place for creationism by tearing down real science, but their arguments don’t…