Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.
— Bertrand Russell
Paul Graham has a wonderful essay online, reading time approximately 10 minutes: Lies We Tell Kids (The essay was brought to my notice via overcomingbias.com) Some quotes: This sentence is gold: The truth is common property. You can’t distinguish your group by doing things that are rational, and believing things that are true. If you [...]
Have you also noticed that many people who propose to be individualists are actually following some stereotype? That “revolution” is more often than not institutionalized? Read on below. Be sure to watch the Monty Python video Overcoming Bias: The “Outside the Box” Box Technorati Tags: critical thinking, humor
On the last of 9 pages concerning Hormon Replacement Therapy and contradicting studies, there are some recommendations for critical thinking concerning results of health studies that made it into the media (or into mainstream science, for that matter ) New York Times Here the relevant excerpt: What to Believe? So how should we respond the [...]
