Unseen

By the way, do you think that speaking up against religion also “just strengthens the right”?

That depends entirely on the country and the religion being discussed. Criticizing religion (practices not people) is rather uncontroversial in most of northern Europe and society is so secular that right-wing parties wouldn’t have a hope of getting pra…[Read more]

tom sarbeck wrote:

PB, religiousness or religiosity? Didn’t the misinformation always exist? The press and later the web told people it existed.

Religiousity; yes (“science of spreading misinformation”); and maybe the press then the web also told people that the misinformation existed. (I’m still not yet feeling absolutely totally qualified in wo…[Read more]

So it comes down to what and how we build with ambition. We could have been less aggressive in general, perhaps more matriarchal and less patriarchal, and I think the result would have been less crime and less war, but also less rapid modernization. The ruling classes made (and still make) things happen, but often using lower classes for labor. I…[Read more]

_Robert_ wrote:

All of this cultural Marxist nonsense just strengthens the right.

Yes, the simple hive minds of populism, allergic to progress, claiming to be its victims, have been rising and winning, recently. It’s the Western version of Boko Haram, all those poor victims of modernity. It’s always the fault of those who don’t share the…[Read more]

@Simon, do you think that Buzzfeed did anything wrong because I think they are a bunch of lying shits.

@davis Great post. +1

Here is the response from Krauss.

Not another bloody outrage over false accusations of rape. Jesus fucking christ.

What is bullshit is obsessing about this problem solely through the lens of women accusing rape. There is a bias screaming out in most of these complaints and it focuses on three things. 1 Rape is a different kind of crime than other crimes. 2. Women often claims…[Read more]

Here is one I intended to put in Sunday School.

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:

an article on conspiracy theory worth a read

Thx Reg. Can’t remember where I heard it, but the invention of the printing press caused the biggest surge in religiousness ever seen. Now, misinformation can spread worldwide in a matter of hours, and the science of disinformation keeps evolving and spreading.

Why have I never seen that picture before!! Most excellent!!

The rain it raineth on the just

And also on the unjust fella: But chiefly on the just, because

The unjust steals the just’s umbrella.

Yes Tom I found that too:

Tom – I have previously debunked several claims made in other “evidence” you have linked regarding the EU hypothesis…

I have not claimed to have debunked the EU hypothesis, only much of what was offered in evidence to support it and only in the links provided. I will re-post it later and you can explain to me where I am wrong.

@ PopeBeanie, here is an article on conspiracy theory worth a read.

OK Tom but I remember almost everything I posted over the last 9 years and every debate and discussion I was engaged in. I have no recollection of using the word “debunk” in the context you stated. I have access to the old TA site and cannot find it. However it was mostly only on AZ that I pointed out where I found what you posted from…[Read more]

@Tom – please show me where I suggested that “debunk” required only my opinion and I will hold my hands up. I doubt if I would consider my subjective opinion as a valid reason to negate an hypothesis. I did not debunk EU, I just supplied arguments based upon what I know of Physics which appeared to undermine many of its arguments. You never…[Read more]