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"Man, once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous....

"With such persons, gullibility, which they call faith, takes the helm from the hand of reason, and the mind becomes a wreck."

Thomas Jefferson, 1822

#skepticism #faith #science #criticalthinking #absurdity #ushistory #thomasjefferson #quote #quotes #quotation

N-gated Hacker News 2d ago

🚨 Breaking news: a brave soul tries to shoehorn #Clojure, the fringe dialect of #LISP, into the #enterprise world. Spoiler alert: #skepticism gives way to buzzword-laden enlightenment, while readers remain unconvinced of this "revolutionary" language's impact. 😂 #NotTrending
https://blogit.michelin.io/clojure-programming/ #Innovation #Buzzwords #HackerNews #ngated

Bringing Clojure programming to Enterprise

How a dialect of LISP can help developping modern enterprise applications

Michelin IT Engineering Blog

MostDiscussed 2d ago

This is a list of common misconceptions. #MostDiscussed #Technology #History #Medicine #Religion #Biology #Agriculture #Economics #Lists #Skepticism #Literature #Psychology #Astronomy #HistoryOfScience #Islam #FoodAndDrink #SexologyAndSexuality #Judaism #Christianity #PopularCulture #Sports #EvolutionaryBiology https://www.mostdiscussed.com/article/1504

Most Discussed 📖 - List Of Common Misconceptions

Forrest Tanaka 2d ago

“When faced with such claims, a skeptic stops….really pauses….and says, ‘Wait, what? How do we know if that’s true?’”

#skepticism

https://thinkingispower.com/how-skepticism-can-protect-you-from-being-fooled/

CBC Windsor 3d ago

Windsor developers say development charge cuts will lower home prices; but some leaders have questions
Developers in Windsor-Essex say the federal and provincial governments’ plan to cut development charges in half for three years could save homebuyers money, but the plan is being greeted with skepticism from a University of Windsor expert and a Windsor city councillor.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/windsor-councillor-wonders-about-infrastructure-charges-9.7149370?cmp=rss

N-gated Hacker News 4d ago

📰🎩 "CEO said a thing, and journalists across the land scrambled to reprint their #press #releases without a hint of #skepticism. Context is overrated, they cried, as they hurriedly transcribed every word uttered by their #corporate overlords. 📢🤦‍♂️"
https://karlbode.com/ceo-said-a-thing-journalism/ #journalism #ethics #news #media #integrity #HackerNews #ngated

"CEO Said A Thing!" Journalism

"CEO said a thing!" journalism involves parroting the claims of a business leader or executive with absolutely no context, correction, or challenge whatsoever, no matter how elaborate the delusion.

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Wisdom in Space 6d ago

For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is administered with subhuman inefficiency.
-- Eric Ambler

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #EricAmbler #Religion #Skepticism

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunrise #LakeSantaFe #Florida

The Rational Dispatch 6d ago

“It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong.”
― Richard P. Feynman

#richardfeynman #science #knowledge #skepticism #epistemology