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How the Pandemic Defeated America

August 13, 2024August 4, 2020 by Dave
Pandemic

It didn’t have to be like this. 150,000+ people did not need to die. This pain and turmoil was preventable at a thousand different turns.

Categories Health, media, science Tags COVID-19, ed young, health, media, Pandemic, writing Leave a comment

Racism among white Christians is higher than among the nonreligious

August 3, 2020 by Dave
racism

The light-skinned Jesus conjured up by white congregations still demands the preservation of inequality as part of the supposed divine order.

Categories People, politics, society Tags evangelicals, racism, study Leave a comment

Wingnut Weekly – 2 Aug 2020

May 20, 2024August 2, 2020 by Dave

Wingnut weekly – a selection of weirdness from the past week that emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics

Categories fundamentalists, nutters, politics, religion Tags fundamentalists, politics, religion, right-wing, wingnut Leave a comment

Chariots of the Gods?

July 25, 2023July 31, 2020 by Dave
chariots of the gods

Why are ideas encapsulated within Charriots of the Gods, a 1968 book, still very popular regardless of all the debunking over many decades?

Categories Critical Thinking, Skepticism, UFO Tags Chariots of the Gods, Erich von Däniken 1 Comment

Why do facts not matter for some people?

July 30, 2020 by Dave
facts

Some people are immune to facts and embrace alternative facts. Why is it like this, and what strategies can we adopt to meaningfully engage?

Categories Climate Change, psychology, society Tags communication, Confirmation bias, facts, identity Leave a comment

Why was #DemonSperm trending on Twitter?

August 6, 2023July 29, 2020 by Dave
#DemonSperm

If you woke up and found #DemonSperm trending on twitter yesterday you might have been wondering what the story here was. Well, here it is.

Categories media, nutters, politics Tags #DemonSperm, COVID-19, hydroxychloriquine, trump Leave a comment
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