On lines of causality
Yet again a commenter has provided some fantastic insights. I encourage you to read Gregor’s thoughts on my last post. For now I’d like to discuss t...
Tag: Fairness
Your science is not important
In a talk titled ‘Your Religion is not Important’, the Dalai Lama once said: I am not interested, my friend, about your religion or if you are rel...
Are creationists a coherent group?
Victor cautions against lumping creationists together: I’d probably not group creationists into one group. It’s hard to speak of them as a whole when they don’t...
Jacobs on TNC
Alan Jacobs criticizes Ta-Nehisi Coates’s take on atheism and religion (as I did two months ago): Atheists like TNC don’t believe, they understand. (The r...
Reductive thinking about religion and anti-Christian bias
While finding atheism in the human propensity for violence, Ta-Nehisi Coates makes some curious arguments about religion (emphasis added): I don’t believe...
Consistency and fairness in public policy
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...
On slippery slopes, evidence and fairness
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...
Tolerance and the right to be wrong
Jonathan Haidt describes the moral reasoning of educated Americans: If you’re an educated and politically liberal Westerner, you’ll probably acknowl...