In a recent blog post, Gia Milinovich responds to some of the heat she’s received for a panel she chaired for SohoSkeptics on gender. Though I don’t doubt Gia is well intentioned, her post is unfortunately filled to the brim with many misconceptions about gender stemming from what appears to be an adherence to a biological essentialist understanding of sex/gender. This post is meant to bring atten... »
Cross-posted at Queereka. A few days ago, Harriet Hall wrote a post on Science-Based Medicine titled “Gender Differences and Why They Don’t Matter So Much.” The article left a bad taste in my mouth for a number of reasons. Aside from what I feel is a gross misrepresentation of various criticisms of Michael Shermer (which I will leave to Ophelia and PZ to deal with as they see fit), the bulk of my ... »
I'm inclined to agree with that trigger warning article. I would quote in particular Roxane Gay: "This is the truth of my trouble with trigger... – Mar 11, 1:50 AM I'm sure this is a joke, somehow, but it's going riiight over my head. – Mar 11, 1:27 AM
I liked the shout-out to Lucretius in the Bruno segment. I'm not that familiar with Bruno, but I've read On the Nature of Things, and... – Mar 11, 1:14 AM
Under American law, anyway, that secular argument has lost. The default is that nobody has an obligation to save another, even if the danger in... – Mar 11, 12:29 AM If so, I wouldn't recommend continuing to point to Roe as a "secular justification for them". – Mar 11, 12:26 AM
Carl Sagan was pretty clear about his position on religion in Billions and Billions. Some religions contradict science, some don't, and some vary. To the... – Mar 11, 12:19 AM