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Lawrence Krauss: another physicist with an anti-philosophy complex, by Massimo Pigliucci
"I don’t know what’s the matter with physicists these days. It used to be that they were an intellectually sophisticated bunch, with the likes of Einstein and Bohr doing not only brilliant scientific research, but also interested, respectful of, and conversant in other branches of knowledge, particularly philosophy. These days it is much more likely to encounter physicists like Steven Weinberg or Stephen Hawking, who merrily go about dismissing philosophy for the wrong reasons, and quite obviously out of a combination of profound ignorance and hubris."
article  philosophy  science 
4 weeks ago by bkhl
Why I Resigned from The Good Men Project, by Hugo Schwyzer
Also a good article for things feminist men should look out for in their own reasoning.
feminism  article 
6 weeks ago by bkhl
The One True Cause of All Disease, by Harriet Hall
"Chiropractors, homeopaths, naturopaths, acupuncturists, and other alternative medicine practitioners constantly criticize mainstream medicine for “only treating the symptoms,” while alternative medicine allegedly treats “the underlying causes” of disease."
article  medicine  scepticism 
11 weeks ago by bkhl
Myths About Megapixels (… And, Does the D800 Have Too Many?), by Ctein
"The recent announcement of the 36-megapixel Nikon D800 has brought forth a certain number of predictable reactions, a few lauding it as the Second Coming and many more dismissing the utility of more megapixels."
photography  article 
11 weeks ago by bkhl

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