Over at Why Evolution Is True, Jerry Coyne featured a comment from a reader giving very precise criteria for his/her own conversion to believing evolution. Provided with several examples, however, said reader suddenly became intently interested in the fine print and actual wording of both their own statement and those of the responses. Why [...]
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April 4th, 2012 | Tags: attorney for god, confirmation bias, double standards, lying for jesus, selective evidence | Category: Critical Thinking, Reference |
 Leave a commentDuring a phone conversation with a friend the other night, I admitted to holding some senseless superstitions, and got (rightfully) berated for it. As punishment, he assigned me a five hundred word essay on superstition, so don’t be blaming me if this is boring – it’s his assignment. I’m just not sure I can [...] August 1st, 2010 | Tags: confirmation bias, pattern recognition, superstition | Category: Critical Thinking |
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