Month: September 2016
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A Betrayal of Confidence: A Review of The Faith of Christopher Hitchens
In a scathing review, Kathleen Schultheis over on Skeptic.com, demolishes Larry Taunton’s book “The Faith of Christopher Hitchens”, calling it a betrayal of confidence and much worse. An excellent article! Kathleen J. Schultheis reviews Larry Taunton’s book, The Faith of Christopher Hitchens. Source: A Betrayal of Confidence: A Review of The Faith of Christopher Hitchens
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The Baloney Detection Kit: Carl Sagan’s Rules for Bullshit-Busting and Critical Thinking
A great article from brainpickings.org, on ways to detect bullshit and fortify your ability to think critically. An inoculation against baloney. A must-read in my opinion. Taken from Carl Sagan’s “The Demon-haunted World“. Necessary cognitive fortification against propaganda, pseudoscience, and general falsehood. Source: The Baloney Detection Kit: Carl Sagan’s Rules for Bullshit-Busting and Critical Thinking
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Top 10 reasons God does not exist
Of all the articles on my blog, there is none that has caught so much attention, so much discussion and so much hatred as this article. I fully admit that the article is meant to provoke but it is also here to burst the bubble: when looking at it candidly, it is shocking to see…