What is called for is an exquisite balance between skeptical scrutiny and great openness to new ideas.… Read the rest
Flashback
Fashionable nonsense has been with us since the time that prehistoric man first transcribed Of Grammatology on to the walls of the Lascaux caves. Here we cast an eye back at some historical highlights.
SF, Crypto-fascism and Romanticism 
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The bandit hero – the underdog rebel – so frequently becomes the political tyrant; and we are perpetually astonished!… Read the rest
Stalking the wild taboo
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The Seville Statement on Violence was written in the language of sociopolitical activism, not that of science.… Read the rest
Jews in US Academia since World War II
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Taken for granted now, but it hasn’t always been.… Read the rest
Frederick Crews on ‘Intelligent Design’
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Creationism sheds its Dogpatch image and takes a subtler approach.… Read the rest
Daughters of France, Daughters of Allah
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Marie Brenner on forced marriage, violence, imprisonment of women.… Read the rest
Behe and Intelligent Design
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Irreducible complexity is a term invented by Behe. It is a myth: there is no irreducible complexity in living organisms.… Read the rest
Arguments from Incredulity and Gödel
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Basically, Godel’s theorems prove the Doctrine of Original Sin, the need for the sacrament of penance, and that there is a future eternity.’… Read the rest
Islamisation in Malaysia
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Secularists, women’s rights campaigners, minorities not pleased.… Read the rest
Cretino-Leftism
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Classic Symptom of Epistemological Cretino-Leftism: Claiming that criticism, reason, rational inquiry and the pursuit of truth are “instruments of oppression”.… Read the rest
A Mathematician Reads Social Text
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Don’t think someone as educated as Ross could fall into such a trap? Think again.… Read the rest
Empty-headed vehemence of a discouraging kind
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Greer’s idealization of miserable women – which is to say, her denial of their misery – is worse than naive. It is cruel.… Read the rest
Nurse gang raped for doing her job
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
She refused to perform illegal abortions, so three men assaulted her… Read the rest
No Need for Facts When You Have Faith
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
You can be certain and be wrong.… Read the rest
How Fabrications Differ from a Lie
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Did Freud lie?’ is the great question.… Read the rest
Get an MA in astrology.
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A new and exciting advance for the academic world.… Read the rest
Behe and Intelligent Design
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Irreducible complexity is a term invented by Behe. It is a myth: there is no irreducible complexity in living organisms.… Read the rest
Einstein Wasn’t Writing for Time
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Einstein’s theory of relativity did not spawn artistic modernism and moral relativism, Time magazine to the contrary notwithstanding.… Read the rest
Necla Kelek
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Her life was bound by prohibitions: no swimming, no sports, no playing outdoors and no German friends because they were infidels. She ran away the day her father threatened her with an ax. … Read the rest
Grade Inflation in US higher education
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Americans just keep getting smarter and smarter… Read the rest
