Political Values Make Skeptical Blinders
While cruising around on a site all about the recent protests against mandatory H1N1 flu vaccination in Albany, I found their list of sponsors and saw a few crazy right-wing organizations (Albany 912...
View ArticleCool thing to check out! Shawn Otto’s Nobel Keynote Address
I’m a little ashamed to say that I always thought the science debate was a stupid idea. It just always seemed oxymoronic to me. “The political candidates are going to get together to debate ‘science!’”...
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The Narrow Precipice of Political Action
I was out at lunch today with Scott Stafiej of the CFI, ostensibly to discuss a new project of his, which I hope we’ll be able to tell you all about in the weeks to come. As tends to happen in...
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I’m becoming skeptical of my optimism
Plum pox-resistant plums (Photo from the Agricultural Research Service) The argument I’m getting into lately is the one about Genetically Modified crops. I tend to take the position that 1- these are...
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A Skeptic Examines the Death Penalty – Happy Independence Day!
These Americans were all wrongly convicted to die. The day you’re reading this is the fifth of July, and our great country is doing one of the things it does best, celebrating a holiday after the...
View ArticleWikiLeaks: Free Speech and Private Speech
I have a problem with nearly anything being connected to skepticism. I admit readily that it’s kind of a knee-jerk thing, but from values to beliefs, I don’t want to be told that really anything is...
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