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• Catholics PWNED By Athiests

  
  Topic Agnostic — Authority: 110
  Put on by BBC World, the Question was “Is the Catholic church a force for good in the world?” The majority of the people at this debate decided that NO, it was not a force for good, and those people that were on the fence at the start (a poll was taken at the beginning [...]
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• Carnivalia — 11/04 – 11/10

  
  Sorting Out Science — Authority: 118
  The past weeks selection of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals...
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• Fallacies offer cold comfort for cognitive dissonance

  
  My Point Exactly — Authority: 129
  “Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.” ~ Mark Twain Twain’s wisdom came to mind as I read a recent article by new Dispatch columnist John Larson (another new club member; welcome!) about medical marijuana dispensaries. Near as I can tell, Larson ...
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• Political Correctness Is Inconsistent with Critical Thinking

  
  The Thinker — Authority: 421
  Here’s my reasoning on this… A.  Political correctness is the practice of avoiding the stating of certain truths which may offend certain people or groups. B.  Critical thinkers are committed first and foremost to pursuing the truth.  (See, e.g., here .) C.  Consequently, political correctness is ...
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• Pigeonhole THIS / Can you hear me now? 7

  
  The Meming of Life — Authority: 455
  When she says “I’m Sagittarian” I confess a pigeonhole starts to form And is immediately filled with pigeon When she says her name is Storm. Tim Minchin, “Storm” We all do it. We listen for a few clues, then assign a pigeonhole to the speaker. Maybe the beak’s still moving, who knows. It’s hard to ...
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• Numbers and Names

  
  Higher Ed/ — Authority: 124
  Words have meaning. This is true even if the words are not formally defined; people could talk to each other before dictionaries came around. The facility to speak and understand is so fluid in fully-functioning humans that we underestimate how difficult it is (see Moravecs Paradox). Undoubtedly there was strong ...
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• Literacy Challenges of The Social Technographic Ladder

  
  Education Innovation — Authority: 122
  The ladder. Charlene Li and Josh Bernofff have written a great book titled Groundswell: winning in a world transformed by social technologies . In their book they describe The Social Technographics ladder. “Each step on the ladder represents a group of consumers moreinvolved in the groundswell than the ...
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• Glenn Beck Loses Claim Against Web Site Mocking His Logic

  
  Sapere Aude! — Authority: 134
  Glenn Beck Loses Claim Against Web Site Creators Glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com . The parody sites founder, Isaac Eiland-Hall, created the site on thepremise that Glenn Beck raped and murdered a young girl in 1990,because after all, Beck never denied taking part in a non-existentattack (a clear dig on ...
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• Glenn Beck Loses Claim Against Web Site Mocking His Logic

  
  Sapere Aude! — Authority: 134
  Glenn Beck Loses Claim Against Web Site Creators Glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com . The parody sites founder, Isaac Eiland-Hall, created the site on thepremise that Glenn Beck raped and murdered a young girl in 1990,because after all, Beck never denied taking part in a non-existentattack (a clear dig on ...
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• The Failure of Psychic Detection

  
  Law and Magic Blog — Authority: 118
  From Benjamin Radford on LiveScience, "Jaycee Dugard Abduction Case Highlights Failure of Psychics."
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• Minneapolis Skeptics - Drinking Skeptically - November 12

  
  Mully410 Critical Blog — Authority: 110
  Join Minneapolis Skeptics for our monthly Drinking Skeptically Meet-Up on November 12. We have great conversations on a variety of topics. RSVP here . We begin at 5pm but that doesnt mean you have to be there exactly on time. This is a unstructured conversational event. Bring your favorite woowoo, paranormal, ...
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• So: is e-learning really failing in higher education? An answer

  
  Tony Bates — Authority: 553
  Background This is the last in a series of ten blogs on the topic: ‘Is e-learning failing in higher education?’ My blogs on this topic were prompted by my dissatisfaction with the Canadian Council on Learning’s report on ‘The State of e-Learning in Canada.’ (Click here to see my review of their ...
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• Tanzanian Court Sentences Four To Death For Witchcraft Killings

  
  Law and Magic Blog — Authority: 118
  A Tanzanian court has handed out a death sentence to four persons convicted of murdering albino individuals for their body parts. Some people believe albino body parts can be used in charms by witch doctors to bring good luck. The death sentences are the second handed down in trials conducted in Tanzania over this ...
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• Ridiculing the ridiculous

  
  My Point Exactly — Authority: 129
  I’m all for ridiculing ridiculous things, like anti-marriage equality arguments. LeftTake.com shares a list of “ Top Ten Reasons to Make Gay Marriage Illegal ” that apparently debuted on Facebook. Click over to read the whole list, but this is my favorite: 04) Straight marriage has been around a long time and ...
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• Critical thinking basics

  
  My Point Exactly — Authority: 129
  An important part of being able to think critically is being able to spot logical fallacies, which are errors in reasoning. You need to ensure that you don’t use them in your thinking and debating, and you need to be able to spot them in other people’s arguments. The Nizkor Project, a web site dedicated to ...
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• Ways You Miss Out on Prosperity

  
  Randy's Blog — Authority: 123
  Okay I started this discussion a few posts back by suggesting you have to work very hard to stay broke in today’s economy.  And if you’re a reader of my Randy’s Rants e-zine, you know we’ve highlighted some of the many ways people can manifest prosperity. And the really interesting part is how people in ...
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• The Hazards of Meat-Eating Hit the Mainstream Media

  
  Humane Connection — Authority: 128
  I’ve been vegan for twenty years. As I learned about the plight of animals in modern agriculture from Peter Singer’s Animal Liberation , John Robbins’ Diet for a New America and numerous undercover films that showed the conditions under which the great majority of animals are raised for food, I knew I ...
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• The Hazards of Meat-Eating Hit the Mainstream Media

  
  Zoe Weil — Authority: 119
  I’ve been vegan for twenty years. As I learned about the plight of animals in modern agriculture from Peter Singer’s Animal Liberation , John Robbins’ Diet for a New America and numerous undercover films that showed the conditions under which the great majority of animals are raised for food, I knew I ...
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• Neurogovernment and Behavioral Politics : Coconut Headsets

  
  Technology News and Happenings - Techpresso.org — Authority: 453
  Coconut Headsets . Rob Mays Blog About Business, Finance, and Critical Thinking. About 路 Neurogovernment and Behavioral Politics. Posted on November 9, 2009. Filed Under Decision Making, Neuroscience |. Steven Johnson believes his ...
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• Dumber Together? Brainstroming in a Professional Learning Community

  
  Education Innovation — Authority: 122
  You have seen it before. The PLC agenda says, “Brainstorm ideas for…” You look around and see the chartpaper, pens, and Post-It notes lying on the table, and you think toyourself, “Why do we waste the time.” You know the rules of brainstorming in PLCs … 1. No criticism 2. Wild ideas are ...
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