I recently heard a new term I hadn’t heard before: Glurge. But I’ve certainly experienced it. Now you can, too…
Monthly Archives
August 2009
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“Why are people such assholes?” Someone asked me the other day. I replied, “Because that’s what we do.” (And that’s why we need governance.)
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“Humans have an even longer history of violence than do governments”
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Critical ThoughtPsychologyStupid Things
Francois Tremblay: Denouement of a Demagogue
by Sean Prophetby Sean ProphetI’m not suggesting we all need to experience torture or deprivation to know what it’s like to be human. Far from it. But we do need to realize what’s lurking just under the patina of polite society.
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Critical Thought
Radical Skepticism and Gullibility: Two Sides Of A Coin
by Sean Prophetby Sean ProphetDefenders of unscientific ideas use gullibility: “you have to keep an open mind,” and Radical Skepticism: “you can never have absolute certainty.”
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AtheismCritical Thought
Religion Rots Your Brain, And We Must Say So
by Sean Prophetby Sean ProphetWhat seems to offend them most is the utter lack of evidence for any of what religious people believe, and atheists’ lack of restraint in pointing that out. That’s it.