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What are the ground rules in democratic discourse?

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Praj / 1 Comment

In response to my last post, a commenter sharply observes: But I must admit that creationists, i.e. fundamentalist Christians, when they were in the ascendant a...

Values

Consistency and fairness in public policy

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Praj / 1 Comment

Ross Douthat believes tradition-based rules can be socially useful even they are arbitrary and inconsistent: One point I didn’t get to, though, is the extent to...

Evidence/Values

On slippery slopes, evidence and fairness

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Praj / 3 Comments

Commenter Geremy worries about the long-term implications of allowing intelligent design in science class: I think my problem with [reading] the paragraph is th...

Evidence/Values

A thought experiment

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Praj / 1 Comment

The importance of separating facts from ideology was perhaps the most important lesson from my fellowship in DC. It stems from the basic belief that there is an...

Authority

Vaccines and the right to refuse

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Praj / 0 Comment

Scientists have been studying disease transmission since at least the 19th century. We now have reams upon reams of peer-reviewed research and detailed mathemat...

Evidence

Have you separated any siamese twins recently?

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Praj / 0 Comment

Pediatric neurosurgeon and a creationist Ben Carson is a young-Earth creationist. He is not some wishy-washy “evolution is real but God directed it”...

Evidence

Creationists and scientific thinking

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Praj / 0 Comment

Come on ref! It’s not a foul if no one got hurt. Forbes’ Alex Knapp explained why people who reject evolution cannot reason scientifically: if [poli...

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