Reading Time: 6 minutes Recently, evangelicals made some stunning concessions regarding their ongoing war against human rights. Yes, they finally understand exactly what they’re doing in fighting against legalized, accessible abortion care. I suppose they’ll soon be dropping their entire culture war against abortion now that they understand how important bodily self-ownership is, right? .. Right? Um, guys..?
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Posted inPolitics, Science
Confirmation Bias: A Mindset That Prevents Growth
Reading Time: 9 minutes Hi and welcome back! The other day, I showed you an odd little essay by Amy Laura Hall, a Duke University ethics professor. In it, she twice displayed a cognitive bias called confirmation bias. Confirmation bias, if allowed to rule people unchecked, can prevent their ability to learn and grow. Today, let me show you what […]
Posted inReligion, Science
The Increasing Numbers of COVID Denialists Dying of COVID
Reading Time: 8 minutes Hi and welcome back! My mind was blown by this opinion piece in Religion News recently. In it, a Duke University ethics professor tells us she wants us to stop talking about COVID deniers getting COVID and dying. Instead, she wants us to focus on happy things and bringing about systemic change. To her, the […]
Posted inNews
There is no vaccine for stupidity
Reading Time: 4 minutes Between the Delta variant and vaccine refusal and the near lurch into civil war, I feel as if the US is swaying back and forth in the wind like an old decaying barn, ready to collapse in the next stiff breeze. The New York Times reported a few days ago: After an all too brief […]
Posted inGeneral
QAnon Lies, and People Die
Reading Time: 7 minutes Hi and welcome back! News of the COVID-19 surge has been unrelentingly awful. One theme dominates that news, too: almost all of the people dying in this surge are unvaccinated. Sure, some of those unvaccinated folks just never got A Round Tuit. But a lot of others have turned out to be victims of the […]
Posted inHealth
Talking with my taxi driver – thoughts on “sufficient evidence” and a lesson in what persuades people
Reading Time: 4 minutes Cynthia, who has provided guest posts in the past, sent me another one, but it got lost in my inbox. Sorry! So this is a little overdue, but should still be of interest. Thanks so much – and if ever you want to provide guest posts, please don’t be afraid to do so. Talking with […]
Posted inHealth, Politics, Pseudoscience
Vaccine Hesitancy and Brexit/Green Voting Linked
Reading Time: 3 minutes This is some interesting research. There is a link to being a Brexiteer and being hesitant to take a Covid vaccine. But, even stronger than this correlation is the new agey sort of anti-vax stance so that Green Party members are even more likely. iNews reports: People who voted for Brexit are less enthusiastic about having a […]
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Anti-Vax: Customer Interception Hotline
Reading Time: < 1 minute A little bit of fun for you this Saturday (well it is here). And a bit of the North for you: @rachelharpercomedyReply to @_curti5_ worried about vaccines? You’ll only feel a prick xxx ##fyp ##foryoupage ##comedy ##customerservice♬ original sound – Rachel_Harper_Comedy H/T Geoff Benson. Stay in touch! Like A Tippling Philosopher on Facebook: A Tippling […]
Posted inHealth, Pseudoscience
This Is for You, Anti-Vaxxers
Reading Time: < 1 minute I love this so much: Stay in touch! Like A Tippling Philosopher on Facebook: A Tippling Philosopher You can also buy me a cuppa. Or buy some of my awesome ATP merchandise! Please… It justifies me continuing to do this!
Posted inHealth, Pseudoscience, Science
Anti-Vaxxers are Winning Their Facebook Battle
Reading Time: 3 minutes Anti-vaxxers have a special place in my Hall of Infamy. They are idiots, plain and simple, and no amount of whining by them or on their behalf will change my opinion. Yes, Big Pharma is a problem, yes there are issues with the financing and distribution of such drugs – well, all drugs – but […]