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		<title>If I suggested you read this, it is because you used &#8220;ad hominem&#8221; wrong</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/05/03/if-i-suggested-you-read-this-it-is-because-you-used-ad-hominem-wrong/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2020 13:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The term &#8220;ad hominem&#8221; means directed against a person. If you are a racist, and I say you are a racist, then my statement is ad hominem. Note that the statement may be technically correct. I&#8217;m saying something about you, and you really are a racist, so my statement is correct. On the other hand, &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/05/03/if-i-suggested-you-read-this-it-is-because-you-used-ad-hominem-wrong/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">If I suggested you read this, it is because you used &#8220;ad hominem&#8221; wrong</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Language Myths, Mysteries and Magic</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/06/10/language-myths-mysteries-and-magic/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2019 13:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Book review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karen Stollznow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skepticism]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Language Myths, Mysteries and Magic by Karen Stollznow is a great book despite the lack of an Oxford Comma in the title. I mention Karen&#8217;s book not because it is new (is was published in 2014) but because a) it will be of interest to most of my readers and b) Mike Haubrich and I &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/06/10/language-myths-mysteries-and-magic/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Language Myths, Mysteries and Magic</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Skeptics&#8217; Guide to the Universe</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/10/24/the-skeptics-guide-to-the-universe/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2018 16:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shopping guides and reviews]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[novella]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m about to trash skepticism (as a cult) but before I do, I want to recommend that you get Steve Novella&#8217;s excellent new edition of The Skeptics&#8217; Guide to the Universe: How to Know What&#8217;s Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake. I no longer call myself a skeptic. Well, actually, I probably &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/10/24/the-skeptics-guide-to-the-universe/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Skeptics&#8217; Guide to the Universe</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Seven Stories Of Science Gone Wrong</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/05/26/seven-stories-of-science-gone-wrong/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2017 16:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vitamin C]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[What, with all the attacks on science and scientist these days, we may not want to be focusing on those times when science goes off the rails and makes a huge mess of things. But, science at its best and scientists at their best, will never shy away from such things. Dr. Paul Offit just &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/05/26/seven-stories-of-science-gone-wrong/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Seven Stories Of Science Gone Wrong</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Get this book that I have a chapter in!</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/02/28/get-this-book-that-i-have-a-chapter-in/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2017 18:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Alien Abduction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Book review]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Karen Stollznow]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[UFOs Skepticism]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Karen Stollznow has edited this book: Would You Believe It?: Mysterious Tales From People You&#8217;d Least Expect, and you will find my chapter on page 112. This is a great idea for a book. Suppose Susan Blackmore told you she had an out of body experience? Or that Don Prothero had an alien abduction story &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/02/28/get-this-book-that-i-have-a-chapter-in/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Get this book that I have a chapter in!</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Faith-Based Pseudo-Science</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/07/09/faith-based-pseudo-science/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2013 20:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Desiree Schell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rebecca Watson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Moglia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skepticism]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Panel at CFI&#8217;s Women in Secularism panel featuring Sarah Moglia, campus organizing communication specialist, SSA; Carrie Poppy, animal rights activist, podcast co-host of &#8220;Oh No, Ross and Carrie!&#8221;; Amy Davis Roth, artist, blogger at &#8220;Skepchick&#8221;; and Rebecca Watson, co-host of &#8220;Skeptics&#8217; Guide to the Universe,&#8221; creator of &#8220;Skepchick&#8220;. The panel is moderated by Desiree &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/07/09/faith-based-pseudo-science/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Faith-Based Pseudo-Science</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Global Warming Skepticism In Decline</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/04/09/global-warming-skepticism-in-decline/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gallup poll]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[There is a new Gallup poll that together with earlier data from Gallup provides some interesting information about attitudes in the US about global warming. Earlier polls have shown increase and decrease in concern about global warming, and changes in what people think of news about climate change and the severity of the problem. Recently, &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/04/09/global-warming-skepticism-in-decline/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Global Warming Skepticism In Decline</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Empowering the individual does not equal ensmartening the individual</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/24/empowering-the-individual-does-not-equal-ensmartening-the-individual/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2012 23:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Creationism]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Imagine the following scenario. Two guys are walking down the street, in different cities. Guy A has two PhDs, one in quantum physics with a focus on dimensionality dynamics, the other in astrophysics with a focus on relativistic aspects of gravity and black holes. She has published dozens of peer reviewed papers on both topics &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/24/empowering-the-individual-does-not-equal-ensmartening-the-individual/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Empowering the individual does not equal ensmartening the individual</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Using Homeopathy To Treat Intestinal Woes, Domestic Violence, and Everything</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/10/08/using-homeopathy-to-treat-intestinal-woes-domestic-violence-and-everything/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 23:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I knew this guy, can&#8217;t remember his name, who practiced a combination of naturopathy and homeopathy (they are different) along with a few other suspicious arts, back in the 1970s. Other than the white muumuu that he usually wore, I remember two things about him. I remember that a few years before I ever laid &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/10/08/using-homeopathy-to-treat-intestinal-woes-domestic-violence-and-everything/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Using Homeopathy To Treat Intestinal Woes, Domestic Violence, and Everything</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hitler finds out that Surly Amy is sending 32 women to the Skeptics Conference in Berlin</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/08/30/hitler-finds-out-that-surly-amy-is-sending-32-women-to-the-skeptics-conference-in-berlin/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
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