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Irrational thinking

A humanistic world through a mechanistic world-view

Posted on November 3, 2024November 6, 2024 by Arto

A mechanical world-view without belief in free will leads to a more humanistic world.

Posted In Irrational thinking, Mental health, Philosophy

Scrap the Safe Drinking Water Act!

Posted on October 10, 2017July 25, 2023 by Arto

Who cares about clean air and safe drinking water anyway?

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On race and gender, part III

Posted on August 16, 2017July 25, 2023 by Arto

Colleges should consider socioeconomic situation in admission, not race.

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Losing old friends is sad

Posted on June 28, 2017July 25, 2023 by Arto

The British and the Americans giving the rest of us the finger. Good luck with that.

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Dysrationalia

Posted on July 25, 2016December 4, 2023 by Arto

About intellectual laziness.

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Another harmful label

Posted on July 10, 2016December 4, 2023 by Arto

We often use labels void of actionable information. This deflects our focus from real solutions.

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On the useless concepts of race and gender

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Arto

In my personal battle against irrational thinking I’ve come to think about the categories “race” and “gender” and how they are used to categorize people and to make policy. There is a strong suspicion that Asian-Americans are discriminated against by several top American universities. There will probably soon be a Continue Reading

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150 years of controversy

Posted on January 10, 2009December 4, 2023 by Arto

Darwin’s ideas were, and obviously are to this date, controversial despite the mountains of evidence supporting them.

Posted In Irrational thinking, Science

Beyond gender neutral bathrooms.

Most epistemologists have found it overwhelmingly plausible that what is false cannot be known.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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