Articles The Myth Of Emergence: Magic Masquerading as Science Shows how the concept of emergence is commonly misrepresented as a magical creation of something from nothing. The No Conspiracy Theory Conspiracy Explains how the term “conspiracy theory” has been perverted […]
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The Myth Of Emergence: Magic Masquerading as Science
As strange as this may sound, many if not most scientists seem to believe in one form of magic. This form of magic is also believed by most mainstream “skeptics” and all atheists. This magical thinking is probably traceable to […]
Continue reading »The No Conspiracy Theory Conspiracy
If you’ve ever wondered if there is something fundamentally wrong with mainstream skepticism, the mainstream media and society in general you only have to look at how the term “conspiracy theory” is used. This phrase is composed of two terms […]
Continue reading »Review: “Chopra Skepticism Fail Part 2”
On November 12 Steven Novella published a review of Deepak Chopra’s follow up article about what Chopra calls “The Rise and Fall of Militant Skepticism”.[1] Novella characterized Chopra as “intellectually superficial and careless, more interested in propping up his particular […]
Continue reading »False Fallacy Fallacy: The Fallacious Straw Man
The false fallacy fallacy occurs when a person’s argument is falsely claimed to be a logical fallacy when it is actually logically valid. This fallacy is a form of straw man argument. A straw man argument occurs when a person’s […]
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