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Emil O. W. Kirkegaard blog

Ebook: Chris Swoyer – Critical Reasoning A User’s Manual

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:5. September 2011
  • Post category:Logic
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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…

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John Nolt – Logics, chp. 11-12

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:5. September 2011
  • Post category:Logic
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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…

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Biological races; differences between groups/populations: reading material

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:1. September 2011
  • Post category:Uncategorized
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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…

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Google+ etc.

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:29. August 2011
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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…

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Example of how one’s language influences one’s thinking: Calculating with different bases in math

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:25. August 2011
  • Post category:Language
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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…

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Quote from HoEP

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:22. August 2011
  • Post category:Evolutionary Psychology
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"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…

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Christopher Badcock on eugenics

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:19. August 2011
  • Post category:Genetics / behavioral genetics
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"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…

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Drug liberalization: reading material

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:28. July 2011
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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…

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Transhumanism, why people dislike it and why they are wrong

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:24. June 2011
  • Post category:Philosophy
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Philosophical Anthropology exam. 10 pages. paper

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Re: Bertrand Russell’s How I write

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:11. June 2011
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I think Russell gives some sensible advice in his short (3 pages) essay How I write. It can be found on the net and in this nice collection of Russell's…

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