We argue in bad faith because we have forgotten what convinced us or are embarrassed by it.
Dec 112015
Thinking
Operations of thought are like cavalry charges in a battle — they are strictly limited in number, require fresh horses, and must only be made at decisive moments.
—Whitehead
Dec 022015
There is an absence of evidence that absence of evidence is evidence of absence.
Nov 232015
All sources are biased, all evidence is tainted, and all consciousness is bourgeois.
Nov 192015
“You are evil” — all lower-class arguments take this form. “You are stupid” is the higher class.
Nov 132015
We call mad the man with one fixed idea, and sane the man with none.
Oct 262015
Man begins by treating objects as agents; then he grows scientific, and treats agents as objects.
Oct 212015
All statistical arguments are in bad faith.
Oct 162015
To discover the most appalling ignorance of science one need only canvass its most vociferous defenders.
Oct 082015
Free thinking, and worth every penny.
Sep 242015
Humans think as women preach — not well, but one is surprised to find it done at all.