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is the SGU burying its head in the sand?

s_pepys said:
ive put this on the other thread. pz doesnt really address whats wrong with evo
psyc but attacks this other guys motives pretty harshly imo.

lxxx
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I used to read PZ occasionally but sort of tailed off over time. So, I clicked the link above to see what all the kerfuffle was about . . .

My god it is like some sort of old time religion over there. Everyone who even dares to question the grand wizard is banned. Wow.

Critical thinking has left the building!
 
I think that everybody has something they aren't rational about.

That doesn't make you a non-Skeptic on other matters.

That said, I have gotten increasingly tired of hearing her on the podcast to the point where I have missed most of the last few months.

It's not her Skeptical credentials I am complaining of, it is that she isn't very interesting.
 
s_pepys said:
hi all. i have been a keen listener for a few years but recently am saddened by their reluctance to even mention the current questions about the skeptism of one of their presenters.

i think if they dont address this they will lose a lot of their listeners. i, for one, am finding it difficult to listen with credibility these days.

i know they are all friends but surely a skeptical podcast should have critical thinking at its core and no-one should be above questioning.

lxxx
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Have you considered posting this on the SGU Forums instead?
 
BenBurch said:
I think that everybody has something they aren't rational about.

That doesn't make you a non-Skeptic on other matters.

That said, I have gotten increasingly tired of hearing her on the podcast to the point where I have missed most of the last few months.

It's not her Skeptical credentials I am complaining of, it is that she isn't very interesting.
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Then you (and I) can be glad that she isn't as vocal (as in "you don't hear her as much") lately. The others more than make up for it though, so at least it's still interesting.
 
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nudger1964 said:
my impression is its more likely to be the other way around
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That is the impressionIget as well. My overall impression is that her objections to EP come from the same place as do the arguments that Truthers make vis-a-vis the physics of the 9/11 building collapses... modify the facts to conform to the argument.
 
Indeed, read these Ad Hom attacks by P Z Meyers...

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I am so over Ben Radford. I thought he was obtuse before. Now I’m convinced that he’s simply an idiot.
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Yeah, right. F*** the principle of charity. No charity for you, Radford.
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http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/02/22/i-am-so-over-the-skeptical-movement/

Does anyone know how to contact him, I wanted to comment to the post directly, but I suspect he would like Truthers, Birthers & Hookers (aka Sandy Hook Truthers) simply delete the comment or refuse to allow it to appear.
 
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Dr. Keith said:
I used to read PZ occasionally but sort of tailed off over time. So, I clicked the link above to see what all the kerfuffle was about . . .

My god it is like some sort of old time religion over there. Everyone who even dares to question the grand wizard is banned. Wow.

Critical thinking has left the building!
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Agree. Thought he wrote some good articles on evolution but things have really gone off the rails.
 
The whole idea of getting upset over someone wearing a certain t-shirt, especially one so innocuous as the one in that link, seems mental to me. To get upset to the point of tears...

Absolutely mental.

Do some people just go through life looking for things to be offended about ?

It must be exhausting.
 
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