Defeating false narrative with reason and logic
Each of the prosecutions and cases brought against Donald Trump has serious problems many believe that in a fair judicial system they would each be tossed out. But here I want to talk about what I believe is the strongest evidence that all those prosecutions were political which is the fact that they Continue reading What AI says about whether the charges against Trump were politically motivated
The reaction online to Donald Trump s win over the past 12 hours is incredible. On Twitter/X there is one post after another from people expressing anger, shock, disbelief, confusion, and hyperbole. Many of those posts have a torrent of replies with similar sentiments. These posts contain laundry lists of cataclysmic predictions and things that just Continue reading The victims of the anti-Trump…
Some things are beyond doubt. That threatening people into silence will not change their minds is one. If anything, it will harden their resolve. In 1962, John F. Kennedy said, Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable [1]. It is difficult to believe that those in power in the UK do Continue reading After the UK government threatens people into silence,…
Bill Maher, in a recent interview with Megyn Kelly, seems to have the view that Trump s attitude to the 2020 election is a disqualifying character flaw (or maybe worse). Of course, Bill Maher is free to hold whatever beliefs he wants, but he doesn t seem prepared to extend that right to Trump himself. Did Trump Continue reading The election denier narrative just won t go away
The concept of preferred pronouns (or more recently neo-pronouns ) has come into being and a section of society is eager to tell us their preferred pronouns and to punish those who refuse or question the legitimacy of the concept. But the topic of gender identity is so heated that seldom do those on either Continue reading Why self-identified gender cannot dictate the pronouns others choose to use
Healthcare worker dance videos on TikTok [1] get a lot of criticism, and the main reason seems to be that having the time to perform in dance videos seems to conflict with the story of overworked staff and overloaded hospitals (not to mention the way patients and families were actually being treated by healthcare policies). Continue reading Rituals of unity and compliance
Recently I stumbled into a conversation about contrails (or chemtrails depending on your point of view). I believe some conspiracy theories are true, but we must look at each one separately and assess the plausibility of the claims and the quality of the arguments. I dislike a lot of things about governments especially after Continue reading Contrails or chemtrails?
Speech and other forms of expression are an extension of our thoughts – and if there is one human right we should take most seriously it is surely our right to think and believe what we want, and to express those thoughts. Equally important is our right to listen when others speak. In addition to Continue reading The hate speech fallacy
Will artificial intelligence bring untold good to humanity, or will it be a catastrophe? I think it is very unwise to make strong claims either way. I m not so much thinking about artificial intelligence having it s own intentions (that s a whole new level of problem) merely about how the existence of artificial intelligence will Continue reading The rise of AI: what happens when a tool becomes a…
In fact, they are very different. Fortunately, if you search on-line you can still find information about the principles of critical thinking if you know what to look for. You ll see information about argument theory, the concepts of proof and falsification, evidence and justification, the numerous logical fallacies, propositional logic, predicate logic, modal logic, and Continue reading Don t be…