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It’s the Skepchick Sundaylies! How Not to Grade, Dealing with an Empty Nest, Surviving Super-Armor, and more!
Sunday Funny: Existence proof. (via xkcd) Teen Skepchick Making America Great Again: Denying Buttons to the Poor Hating the poor is an American tradition. Mad Art Lab Power-Armor Punch-Up Would a super-powered super-suit really protect you from being Hulk smashed? School of Doubt 10 Tips: How Not to Grade Jay provides some very important grading tips for teachers. Grounded Parents…
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It’s the Skepchick Sundaylies! Help Finding a Therapist and the Intentionality Fallacy
Sunday Funny: The Hard Limit of Outrage (via Wondermark) Teen Skepchick Guest Post – Trying to Get Therapy: Asking Questions Beyond “How Long Have You Been Practicing?” Finding a therapist that is a good match for you can be hard. This guest post by Chihaya can help. School of Doubt The Intentionality Fallacy Jay explains how the intentionality fallacy crops…
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The Skepchick Sundaylies! Summer Reading List, Signs of Life, and the Undesirability of Flying Cars
Sunday Funny: Myths and Facts about Cottonmouths (via bird and moon) Mad Art Lab A Few (well, 90+) of my Favorite Books Need a summer reading list? Emily has you covered. Life Signs Detected Ryan ruins one staple of the sci-fi genre: detecting signs of life. Are Flying Cars the Future of Transport? Car-planes are a terrible idea. Featured image…
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It’s the Skepchick Sundaylies! Opera vs. Trump, Star Trek Optimism, Wonder Woman, and more!
Sunday Funny: Glacial Erratic (via xkcd) Teen Skepchick Suspension of Disbelief: Wonder Woman Elizabeth reviews Wonder Woman. Awesome Sauce Music Friday: Opera vs Trump One doesn’t normally turn to opera for protest music, and yet… Mad Art Lab Star Trek: Optimism Ryan is cautiously optimistic about the new Star Trek series. 150 Years of Doing It Wright You can celebrate…
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It’s the Skepchick Sundaylies! Saved by the Arts and Fixing Parents
Sunday Funny: Concerned. (via Poorly Drawn Lines) School of Doubt The Arts Will Save Us–If We Let Them Trump’s proposed budget axes both the NEH and NEA, but Dan thinks we need to take a lesson from Star Trek in a world where the robots are coming for our jobs. Grounded Parents You Too Can Fix All the Parents Want…
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It’s the Skepchick Sundaylies, with Trusting Rich People on the Internet and More on Teaching Critical Thinking
Sunday Funny: Virginity (via Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal) Teen Skepchick Trust the Rich People on the Internet Elizabeth explains how money buys trust on the internet. School of Doubt Why Schools Should Teach Critical Thinking (Part 3) Jay continues his earlier response to Carl Hendrick’s article in Aeon. Featured image credit: Yuri Samoilov via Flickr
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It’s the Sundaylies, with LGBT Fiction, Critical Thinking, Jobs a Humanities PhD Won’t Get You, and more!
Sunday Funny: Pre-existing condition. (via Wondermark) Teen Skepchick Awesome Sauce Music Friday: I Got that Flow The world needs more songs about being on you period. A Guide to LGBT+ Fiction If you’re looking for some good fiction featuring LGBT characters, Alex has some recommendations. School of Doubt Why Schools Should Teach Critical Thinking (Part 2) Jay continues his earlier…
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It’s the Sundaylies! Nerd Music, Teaching Critical Thinking, and Beauty and the Beast
Sunday Funny: Assume a well-mixed cosmos. (via SMBC) Mad Art Lab Make Each Other Brave Woot Suit Riot has a new album and Ryan recommends it. School of Doubt Why Schools Should Teach Critical Thinking (Part 1) Don’t confuse “critical thinking skills” with “brain training games.” Grounded Parents Spoiler Alert: Beauty and the Beast (2017) Naomi reviews the live action…
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