Category: sloppy thinking
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Semper Ube Sub Ube
From the Latin… Translation (kinda): Always Wear UnderWear Twice today someone asked me, “But if you feel confident and visualize getting what you want, don’t you believe that you will, at least, increase the probability that you’ll get it?” The shortest answer I came up with was: No. The longer version is this story: I…
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The Three Stooges of Truth…
All truth passes through three stages: first it is ridiculed; second, it is violently opposed; third, it is accepted as being self-evident. Arthur Shopenhauer I don’t remember when I first heard this quote, but I can’t count high enough to list the number of times I’ve heard it tossed into conversations in the year since,…
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Fundamentalist Physicists and Religious Atheists
Okay, I’ve had enough. I’m all for a good argument. And good is the operative word in that sentence. And by “good” I mean a conversation where the two parties are not merely harping on their particular point of view, but where each party has the skill to highlight the underlying beliefs as well as…
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Physics Schmysics!
Okay, I’m only going to say this one time (though I may repeat myself and/or be redundant): Quantum Physics has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to say about ANYTHING OTHER THAN QUANTUM PHYSICS And even then, what it “says” is often hotly debated. Quantum Physics provides no insight into: human psychology religious philosophy new age theory getting what…
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Why, yes, I AM rubber!
I’m starting a new campaign that all humans should wear diapers. No more limiting this revolutionary article of clothing to the very young and very old. We should ALL wear them! And not because of the combination of convenience and entertainment value that we would get by being able, say, to interrupt the negotiation of…