Monthly Archives: October 2014

I’m of two minds about this article by Massimo Pigliucci. While I continue to be dismissive of the claim that there is anything of substance in the Gettier examples I can agree that there may be progress in the game … Continue reading →

Briggs is right to complain that “natural variability” is an ambiguous and easily abused term, but what I would be most inclined to use it for is different from either of the usages that he identifies. He notes that some … Continue reading →

Briggs, points out a very important real issue here – though I wouldn’t call the confusion between group and individual differences a matter of “exaggeration” exactly. No matter how carefully one tries to express a claim about population differences, the … Continue reading →

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On reading the comments on this old Tyee article I was struck by one particular exchange which follows a pattern that is sadly all too common. When commenter Chris Abel made the claim that “NOBODY was harmed by radiations at … Continue reading →