Two logical fallacies that we must avoid | Psychology Today Blogs
It is not possible to make either the naturalistic or the moralistic fallacy if scientists never talk about ought. Scientists – real scientists – do not draw moral conclusions and implications from the empirical observations they make, and they are not guided in their observations by moral and political principles. Real scientists only care about what is, and do not at all care about what ought to be.
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John Bodkin Adams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wikipedia page for John Bodkin Adams, serial killer. I'd never heard of this guy but it's a remarkable story - reveals a lot about the corruption of the establishment.
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Chris Patten: Opponents of globalisation are hypocrites | World news | The Guardian
With the world's money markets in turmoil, globalisation is a dirtier word than ever. It is blamed for destroying communities and widening the rift between rich and poor. But, argues Chris Patten, its opponents are hypocrites - free trade is still the best option.
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Darian Leader on cognitive behavioural therapy | Science | The Guardian
CBT is a superficial treatment in my opinion. Darian Leader agrees, although I'm not sure that characterising its growth in use as "the triumph of a market-driven view of the human psyche." Hasn't it always been the case that people want quick fixes?
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Andrew Simms: We have only 100 months to avoid irreversible environmental disaster | Environment | The Guardian
Sales 101 - Create urgency
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In an Iranian Image, a Missile Too Many - The Lede - Breaking News - New York Times Blog
As news spread across the world of Iran’s provocative missile tests, so did an image of four missiles heading skyward in unison. Unfortunately, it appeared to contain one too many missiles, a point that had not emerged before the photo was used on the front pages of The Los Angeles Times, The Financial Times, The Chicago Tribune and several other newspapers as well as on BBC News, MSNBC, Yahoo! News, NYTimes.com and many other major news Web sites.
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Believe Me, It's Torture: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com
Christopher Hitchens on waterboarding.
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The 10 Most Awesomely Bad Moments of the Bush Presidency | Election 2008 | AlterNet
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Carbon Credits Were a Great Idea, But the Benefits Are Illusory
Carbon credits were never a great idea. The unintended consequences were all too predictable.
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Charlie Brooker on the nit-picking idiocy of 24-hour news TV | Comment is free | The Guardian
It's hard not to conclude that 24-hour rolling news is the worst thing to befall humankind since the Manhattan Project.
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The REAL inconvenient truth: Zealotry over global warming could damage our Earth far more than climate change
I'm in general agreement with Nigel - although I wouldn't characterise environmentalism as a religion. Shame he gave such a weak defence of his position on Newsnight the other night.
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To the Letter Born - 2008 Elections - New York Times Blog
Style equals accuracy. Put the word “change” in Comic Sans and the idea feels lightweight and silly. Place it in Times Roman and it feels self-important. In Gotham, it feels just right. Inspiring, not threatening.
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NationMaster - World Statistics, Country Comparisons
NationMaster - a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations.
NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD.
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The Audacity of Data - Barack Obama's surprisingly non-ideological policy shop.
The sooner Obama becomes President of the USA the better for all of us. Pragmatic, non-ideological foreign policy? Yes please.
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