Slouching Towards Oblivion

Sunday, July 02, 2017

Social Good

This is a new one for me - Social Good Now on YouTube



hat tip = FB pal Carol B

And the first one ties in with Michael Shermer's explanation of Type 1 and Type 2 Logic (or Cognition) Errors:



So, you don't have to sit around wondering why so many "conservatives" reject your arguments even though what you're saying is accurate and provable. 

And also too - you don't have to wonder why so many of those "conservatives" are at least pretending to be devoutly Christian. They've been thoroughly conditioned to accept religious nonsense without evidence - why would they need facts when deciding what Political Religion to follow?

Let's review:
What are the tools we use to detect lies?
a) the absence of confirming evidence
b) the presence of conflicting evidence

What do Faith and Ideology often demand that we disregard?
a) the absence of confirming evidence
b) the presence of conflicting evidence

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