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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...

Evidence/Values

Trend analysis, cont.

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Praj / 3 Comments

My writing here mostly uses the harm principle/individual rights/tolerance frameworks. Since there’s no hard evidence creationist beliefs cause actual har...

Education

Evolution and cultural science literacy

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Praj / 3 Comments

Before discussing cultural science literacy, I want to briefly revisit the usefulness of evolution. Consider medicine: “I think evolutionary biology could...

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...

Authority

Tolerance and the right to be wrong

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Praj / 0 Comment

Jonathan Haidt describes the moral reasoning of educated Americans: If you’re an educated and politically liberal Westerner, you’ll probably acknowl...

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