Philosophy
So, something looks a bit strange in the sky, we have no idea what it is, and we know that sometimes a lack of reference points can mess up with our depth perception and produce optical illusions.
This can only mean one thing for the media and conspiracy 'theorists': let's just make shit up, backed by absolutely no evidence whatsoever, and then take our wild guesses as a real source of news and as a platform to start asking viciously circular questions. Jon Stewart and Wyatt Cenac investigate:
I wish it had been aliens coming to take away these so-called journalists...
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- The Real Victims Of Gun Control?
The number of gun-related deaths in America, at least compared to civilized countries, is out of control (as you can tell from the poster to the right), but when it comes to reasonable debate, somehow we just lose it. We are a freedom-loving people, or...
- Bill O'reilly - Christianity Is A Philosophy, Not A Religion
Unfortunately, the word philosophy is used, misused and abused by all kinds of people. For some, like the local drunk at your nearest bar, for instance, it means the semi-coherent and misogynistic ramblings about the "deep truths" he has "discovered"...
- Einstein Mask Optical Illusion
In our everyday experience, it seems as though perception is simply a matter of information hitting your sense organs and going straight to our brain. In reality, however, perception turns out to be an incredibly sophisticated and complex concatenation...
- Colbert And Stewart Disagree On Sugary Drinks Ban
When Mayor Bloomberg announced that he wanted to ban the sale of oversized 16-ounce sugary drinks in NYC, everyone went ape shit. Sure, while the idea to try to force people to become more conscious about choices affecting their own health is well-intentioned,...
- Jon Stewart Nails Mike Huckabee
As you may recall from previous occasions, whenever Jon Stewart and Mike Huckabee have had a debate, their conversation has always been civil. I appreciate that, and while I disagree with Huckabee on most points, I respect a candidate who's able to...
Philosophy
Missile: Impossible
So, something looks a bit strange in the sky, we have no idea what it is, and we know that sometimes a lack of reference points can mess up with our depth perception and produce optical illusions.
This can only mean one thing for the media and conspiracy 'theorists': let's just make shit up, backed by absolutely no evidence whatsoever, and then take our wild guesses as a real source of news and as a platform to start asking viciously circular questions. Jon Stewart and Wyatt Cenac investigate:
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I wish it had been aliens coming to take away these so-called journalists...
.
- The Real Victims Of Gun Control?
The number of gun-related deaths in America, at least compared to civilized countries, is out of control (as you can tell from the poster to the right), but when it comes to reasonable debate, somehow we just lose it. We are a freedom-loving people, or...
- Bill O'reilly - Christianity Is A Philosophy, Not A Religion
Unfortunately, the word philosophy is used, misused and abused by all kinds of people. For some, like the local drunk at your nearest bar, for instance, it means the semi-coherent and misogynistic ramblings about the "deep truths" he has "discovered"...
- Einstein Mask Optical Illusion
In our everyday experience, it seems as though perception is simply a matter of information hitting your sense organs and going straight to our brain. In reality, however, perception turns out to be an incredibly sophisticated and complex concatenation...
- Colbert And Stewart Disagree On Sugary Drinks Ban
When Mayor Bloomberg announced that he wanted to ban the sale of oversized 16-ounce sugary drinks in NYC, everyone went ape shit. Sure, while the idea to try to force people to become more conscious about choices affecting their own health is well-intentioned,...
- Jon Stewart Nails Mike Huckabee
As you may recall from previous occasions, whenever Jon Stewart and Mike Huckabee have had a debate, their conversation has always been civil. I appreciate that, and while I disagree with Huckabee on most points, I respect a candidate who's able to...