A funny quote about logic
”Any attempt to deduce F propositions from M propositions would perpetrate the fallacy of negating the antecedent, one of two forms jokingly known as modus morons, The Way of the…
Ebook: Chris Swoyer – Critical Reasoning A User’s Manual
I am taking a critical thinking class, and a book is available for that class. I'll put it here as well, in case somone wants it. Chris Swoyer - Critical…
John Nolt – Logics, chp. 11-12
I am taking an advanced logic class this semester. Som of the reading material has been posted in our internal system. I'll post it here so that others may get…
Biological races; differences between groups/populations: reading material
Wikipedia's article on the matter is excellent. I mean it literally, it is a very good wiki article compared to other wiki articles, and a very, very good article compared…
Google+ etc.
Activity is falling on my blogs, for multiple reasons: 1) I now post links and quotes other places than on my blogs, in general. Catch me on Google+. 2) I…
Example of how one’s language influences one’s thinking: Calculating with different bases in math
Read this exchange. Calculating in non-base 10 is so very hard, even for bright individuals. However, it has not always been like this. I think that I will rite a…
Quote from HoEP
"Some research has explicitly evaluated the effects of phenotypic similarity. DeBruine (2002) tested subjects in a two-stage trust game, where they had an opportunity to win larger rewards but also…
Christopher Badcock on eugenics
"Most importantly, Galton and all other eugenicists prior to the 1970s made the fundamental error of believing that heredity is a means by which nature reproduces organisms. Today we know…
Drug liberalization: reading material
Today I have been doing some research on drug policy, specifically, legalization but also decriminalization. I was looking to see if my current views fit the evidence, and it turned…
Transhumanism, why people dislike it and why they are wrong
Philosophical Anthropology exam. 10 pages. paper
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