#skeptism

[raihan-hossain-azrael]

[awesomehumanism]

Not living in delusion

[bloofbloofbloof]

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[tinyballofwrath]

Person A: I'm very skeptical about this

Person B: about what?

Person A: everything

[jkeith757]

Both skepticism and wonder are skills that need honing and practice. Their harmonious marriage within the mind of every schoolchild ought to be a principal goal of public education. I’d love to see such a domestic felicity portrayed in the media, television especially: a community of people really working the mix — full of wonder, generously open to every notion, dismissing nothing except for good reason, but at the same time, and as second nature, demanding stringent standards of evidence — and these standards applied with at least as much rigor to what they hold dear as to what they are tempted to reject with impunity.

Carl Sagan

[agatanfoundation]

Another of Many Best Moments of Dan Barker

[theemotionmachine]

Iron Man vs. Straw Man: Why You Should Build Strong Arguments for Ideas You Disagree With

When we find ourselves in an argument or debate with someone, we often become more focused on “winning” the argument rather than actually discovering the truth. One way to avoid this is to build "iron man" arguments for ideas you disagree with. Click here to read more!

[greenverden]

Republican congressman explains sea-level rise: it's rocks falling into the sea

Mo Brooks rejects notion that global warming is causing sea levels to increase, and says: ‘What about the White Cliffs of Dover?’