Truth course
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* [http://www.anhonestliar.com An Honest Liar]: film biography of James Randi. [http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/james_randi_an_honest_liar Kylie Sturgess filmmaker interview] | * [http://www.anhonestliar.com An Honest Liar]: film biography of James Randi. [http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/james_randi_an_honest_liar Kylie Sturgess filmmaker interview] | ||
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| + | * Can we trust skeptics? No: not even them. The vary all over the map. | ||
| + | ** Libertarian idiocy from Shermer, Gilette, etc. | ||
| + | ** Bill Maher wierdness. | ||
| + | ** Many other disagreements in the skeptic community. | ||
| + | ** Why do skeptics disagree? | ||
| + | *** They are only human. | ||
| + | *** When you are united by rejection, that doesn't direct you to accept anything in particular. | ||
| + | *** Baby with the bathwater: some skeptics reject far more than is really indicated. | ||
| + | *** It is easy to reject second best solutions even when first best solutions are not available. (Economics, fallacies of argument.) | ||
| + | *** Differences in values. | ||
