I’m glad I went, and I had a good time. That said, I most likely won’t go back. It’s amazing, […]
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Skepticism and atheism
Lots of thoughts brewing on this subject during Skepticon. I’ve posted many of mine on Hemant Mehta’s blog Friendly Atheist.
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Odds and ends
I’m getting ready to go to Skepticon 3 tomorrow. It doesn’t actually start until Friday, but it’s a good seven […]
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“Psychic” Kids
Well, this sounds like about the worst idea for a TV show ever. Jen from Skepchick writes: In summer of […]
atheism, skepticism
Another snippet on dickishness
Comment from m5 in reply to this blog entry on Dispatches from the Culture Wars: I’m pretty sure THIS guy […]
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 […]
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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 […]