tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post7412678961333058349..comments2023-12-21T06:35:36.624-05:00Comments on Recursivity: When They Talk About Truth, Watch Your WalletUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-56008490390467666972010-10-08T22:51:15.423-04:002010-10-08T22:51:15.423-04:00Reminds me of a favorite quote...
"The loude...Reminds me of a favorite quote...<br /><br />"The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons."<br />-- Ralph Waldo EmersonF. Andy Seidlhttp://faseidl.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-26384870109916800132010-10-07T17:21:15.116-04:002010-10-07T17:21:15.116-04:00I actually agreed with the conclusion here, go fig...I actually agreed with the conclusion here, go figure:<br /><br />ravingatheist.com/2004/09/non-partisan-atheists-for-truth/Mirandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-53175460608123151782010-10-05T15:16:38.403-04:002010-10-05T15:16:38.403-04:00The very first google results on controversial top...The very first google results on controversial topics have a disturbing tendency to be lies:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.google.ca/search?q=truth+about+global+warming" rel="nofollow">Truth about global warming</a>: the first result was the "junk science" site.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.google.ca/search?&q=truth+about+vaccines" rel="nofollow">Truth about vaccines</a>: the first result was an anti-vaccination site.<br /><br />On the other hand, searching<a href="http://www.google.ca/search?&q=truth+about+AIDS" rel="nofollow">Truth about AIDS</a> had a legitimate site as the first result.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-74262302911689474462010-10-04T14:35:11.444-04:002010-10-04T14:35:11.444-04:00Not lies, but examples of a lack of freethinking. ...Not lies, but examples of a lack of freethinking. After comparing a few of these "free-thinking" sites, they look pretty much all the same to me. Echo-chamber thinking is more like it.<br /><br />Oh, I could've included this one, too:<br />http://my.democrats.org/page/group/<b>DemocratsforTruth</b><br /><br />and just to be fair:<br /><br />"Republicans for Truth"<br />http://homepage.mac.com/gebryan/blogwavestudio/LH20040823153827/LHA20041028195511/index.htmlMirandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-26350384726038025772010-10-04T06:03:47.183-04:002010-10-04T06:03:47.183-04:00Miranda:
Why not back up your claim by providing ...Miranda:<br /><br />Why not back up your claim by providing "lies" advocated by the Atlanta Freethought Society?<br /><br />Otherwise, you're just a dishonest bore.Jeffrey Shallithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12763971505497961430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-39028692683835226132010-10-04T05:56:27.912-04:002010-10-04T05:56:27.912-04:00One thing that should be pointed out is that where...One thing that should be pointed out is that whereas the set of non-open-minded atheists/agnostics is nonempty, the corresponding set of, say, creationists is void.Takis Konstantopouloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675216467783238403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-36448174713818891632010-10-04T03:45:21.656-04:002010-10-04T03:45:21.656-04:00> "Why is it whenever an organization star...> "Why is it whenever an organization starts talking about "truth", it's a good bet they're going to be spouting the most incredible lies?"<br /><br />I agree. Other key words also lead to a similar bet, such as "openminded," "free-thinkers"<br /><br />Examples:<br /><br />Society of Open-Minded Atheists and Agnostics <br />Atlanta Freethought SocietyMirandanoreply@blogger.com