Tag: belief

  • Caveat Lector

    Critical thinking seems to have flown out the window.

  • Is the World a Safe Place?

    That one question accurately determines whether you are a Republican or a Democrat.

  • You Don’t Have to Believe in Global Warming

    It must be awfully stressful to be a climate change denier. If you fall into that category, I have to admire your tenacity, your grit, your firmness of conviction. Especially in light of the fact that fewer and fewer people agree with you. According to a Gallup Poll in March, 2016, 64 percent of Americans…

  • Sneaky Memes

    /meem/ n. [coined by analogy with `gene’, by Richard Dawkins] An idea considered as a replicator, esp. with the connotation that memes parasitize people into propagating them much as viruses do. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/meme I’d never even heard the term meme until I got a Facebook account, but they certainly are like parasites. More and more I’ve…