It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.
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Last week, I wrote two posts on the differences between nation building and nation rebuilding. Toward the end of the second, I said this:
I think that a large portion of the problem here is not that we don't have the capability to do enough, but that we have not organized our capabilities in a way…
Many people are confused about what counts as a fallacy, including teachers of critical reasoning. Opponents of science often accuse pro-science writers of "the fallacy of authority" or "the ad hominem fallacy" when they are noted for having made silly and false claims before. I thought some words…
Too hilarious:
Engineers in the past week have huddled over blueprints in an underground complex that also can serve as a safe haven for visiting presidents in the event of an emergency and as a lookout point for government agents monitoring terrorist activity. (Denver Post)
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Larry Moran says it well:
I am not a Darwinist, just as most of my colleagues in the Department of Physics are not Newtonists, and most of my friends who study genetics are not Mendelists. All three of these terms refer to the ideas of famous men (Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton, Gregor Mendel) who…