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atheism, bias, Denmark, framing, science, skepticism, strategy
Atheism and (not) being a dick: a belated rant with copious footnotes
The “What would convince you that there is a god/supernatural/really weird thing out there?” argument continues. I didn’t read the […]
atheism, philosophy, science
What would convince you that God exists?
This isn’t a new question, that’s for sure. I’ve been asked it more times than I can recall, starting roughly […]
empathy, politics, psychology
The trickiness of characterizing empathy in politics, part 1
So as mentioned, I’m working my way through Frans de Waal’s book The Age of Empathy. On my drive I […]
Uncategorized
The trip home
Our session at AAR yesterday was really interesting and I’ll try to post about it later, but don’t really have […]
politics
Tea Party leaders v. O’Donnell the fire-breather
Last night I couldn’t get to sleep right away, and stayed up watching Lawrence O’Donnell eviscerate some Tea Party leaders […]
silly
In case of fire
Here’s an excerpt from the list of very detailed instructions about what to do in every kind of emergency posted […]
cognition, conferences, religion
AAR 2010
Thousands of smiling, mild-mannered people with blue tote bags have descended on the Hyatt Regency in downtown Atlanta. This is […]