|
|
|
Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26020 Posts |
 Posted - 03/20/2010 : 21:17:59
|
Poll Question:
To help promote skepticism and critical thinking, you…
|
|
- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
Why not question something for a change?
Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too. |
|
|
Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13476 Posts |
 Posted - 03/20/2010 : 21:26:19 [Permalink]
|
A lot more than one of the above... Including the Facebook/Mafia War answer...
 |
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
Genetic Literacy Project |
 |
|
|
Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9687 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2010 : 01:46:44 [Permalink]
|
More than one of the above:
* wear SFN t-shirts around town
* post regularly at SFN and other skeptic sites
* attend skeptical conventions (does two visits to Dragon*Con count?)
I also try to inject a skeptical view into conversations with co-workers, and other people, when I get the chance. Quoting the subject line of an article in the newspaper is a perfect vehicle to strike up a casual conversation about a subject I feel needs a dose of skeptical thinking. Then I can follow up with "what's up with that? Such a thing is irrational/illogical/ludicrous, and here's why I think it's so...:"
|
Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
Support American Troops in Iraq:
Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
Collateralmurder. |
|
|
|
Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
USA
5310 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2010 : 06:55:39 [Permalink]
|
| I also have a 3 dimensional tattoo of Dave's baby picture on the back of my head. |
I know the rent is in arrears
The dog has not been fed in years
It's even worse than it appears
But it's alright-
Jerry Garcia
Robert Hunter
|
|
|
|
filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2010 : 07:10:57 [Permalink]
|
More than one of the above.
But as for posting at Christian/Conspiracy sites, I used to, but now I no longer bother. Conversing with the doubtful of intellect is futile, and I usually end up banned anyway. 
|
"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
|
|
|
|
Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26020 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2010 : 07:14:59 [Permalink]
|
Originally posted by Gorgo
I also have a 3 dimensional tattoo of Dave's baby picture on the back of my head. |
My work here is done. |
- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
Why not question something for a change?
Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too. |
|
|
|
the_ignored
SFN Addict
2562 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2010 : 07:16:06 [Permalink]
|
I guess you all know what I do.
|
>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
>
> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
>
> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.
What brought that on? this. Original posting here.
Another example of this guy's lunacy here. |
|
|
|
HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2010 : 07:55:20 [Permalink]
|
Originally posted by the_ignored
I guess you all know what I do.
|
I do. Something like this: 
But I admit it's fun to watch, as it's the highest-class futility I've ever witnessed. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
| Edited by - HalfMooner on 03/23/2010 07:56:48 |
|
|
|
the_ignored
SFN Addict
2562 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2010 : 07:56:51 [Permalink]
|
I meant other than when I'm talking with you.
|
>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
>
> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
>
> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.
What brought that on? this. Original posting here.
Another example of this guy's lunacy here. |
|
|
|
HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2010 : 18:48:07 [Permalink]
|
Originally posted by the_ignored
I meant other than when I'm talking with you.
|
 ! |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
|
|
|
Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13476 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2010 : 19:13:59 [Permalink]
|
Originally posted by Dave W.
Originally posted by Gorgo
I also have a 3 dimensional tattoo of Dave's baby picture on the back of my head. |
My work here is done.
|
Ha! Darn you. I was drinking a soda when I saw this post. Now I must clean the monitor.
|
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
Genetic Literacy Project |
|
|
|
Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9687 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2010 : 11:05:41 [Permalink]
|
Ok, I confess: I do play Mafia Wars in Facebook.
|
Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
Support American Troops in Iraq:
Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
Collateralmurder. |
|
|
|
Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26020 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2010 : 11:11:13 [Permalink]
|
Originally posted by Kil
Ha! Darn you. I was drinking a soda when I saw this post. Now I must clean the monitor. |
Awesome. So far as I know, this is the first time I've ever been the cause of a spit-take.
My work here really is done. |
- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
Why not question something for a change?
Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too. |
|
|
|
ThorGoLucky
Snuggle Wolf
USA
1486 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2010 : 17:22:20 [Permalink]
|
I do my part by creating and hosting snarky yet informative websites.
...well, maybe not so informative in the case of prayerpowder.com
|
| Edited by - ThorGoLucky on 04/08/2010 17:25:31 |
|
|
|
dglas
Skeptic Friend
Canada
397 Posts |
Posted - 07/17/2010 : 11:50:27 [Permalink]
|
| I write wordy and cryptic diatribes to perturb the unenlightened. |
--------------------------------------------------
- dglas (In the hell of 1000 unresolved subplots...)
--------------------------------------------------
The Presupposition of Intrinsic Evil
+ A Self-Justificatory Framework
= The "Heart of Darkness"
--------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Bob Lloyd
Skeptic Friend
Spain
59 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2010 : 05:20:09 [Permalink]
|
I generally spend a lot more time talking to non-skeptics than to skeptics, especially about the plausibility of irrational explanations for things. Most of the time it's about wacky medical therapies but also in the context of food, dietary ideas and allergies. I seem know almost all of the people who suffer from any form of allergy or dietary disorder, if the stats of real incidence are anything to go on. I'm sure most of us could claim the same. A very large proportion of the people I know seems to claim some esoteric allergy or mystifying illness and I spend a lot of time bringing the discussion back down to the real world.
In all cases, I try to draw them towards rationalism rather than heading directly into a confrontation. I used to try the latter approach and although it was entertaining in some cases (at least to me), in others it just leaves them more than ever entrenched in dogmatic refusal to think rationally. So these days I try to pull rather than push.
As I'm older now, I like to think I'm a little more patient than I used to be, though I do object when people expect me to passively accept irrationality. I used to just say nothing until eventually I'd had enough and caused a confrontation. These days I respectfully explain that I can't subscribe to the currently fashionable nonsense and say why. |
|
|
 |
|
Promotions
