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Daily Archives: August 18, 2009
The Torture Debate, UFO Cults, and People Impervious to Changing Their Minds
Ryan Sager sees a connection: I have yet to see a single pundit or politician change his of her position on torture or “enhanced interrogation” based on anything that’s come out since the torture memos. Isn’t that odd? Well, not … Continue reading
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Tagged bigotry, faith, philosophy, prejudice, reason, science, skepticism, torture, torture debate, ufo cults, UFOs
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The Hell! I Missed This Too!
Somehow I’ve been totally oblivious to all sorts of interesting UFO information through the years. I never even paid attention when this Mexico sighting of UFOs (captured by Mexican pilots using infrared camaras) made the media rounds in 2004. This whole … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, bias, bias filter, extraterrestrials, philosophy, psychology, skepticism, social psychology, UFO sightings, ufology, UFOs
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Richard Dawkins: The B.F. Skinner of Our Time?
It occurred to me today that atheism has a lot in common with behaviorism. It will be recalled that B.F. Skinner, the 20th century champion of behaviorism, was a very stark reductionist, literally ignoring mind as an explanation for anything. He … Continue reading
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Tagged agnosticism, atheism, atheist, b.f. skinner, behaviorism, determinism, explanation, mind, philosophy, psychology, reason, Richard Dawkins
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Apollo Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Says There’s a Monolith on Phobos!
I count at least three American astronauts who take UFOs seriously: Edgar Mitchell, Gordon Cooper, and Buzz Aldrin. On C-SPAN, for example, Buzz Aldrin recently made the bizarre claim that Mars’s satellite, Phobos, has a monolith on it. A monolith?! I … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, Apollo, buzz aldrin, Dionysus, evidence, extraterrestrials, Mars, phobos, reason, skeptic, UFOs
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Mental Health Break
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Tagged comedy, funny, happiness, humor, life, mental health break, psychology
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Prometheus Unbound 