Philosophy
A couple weeks ago was the birthday of Bob Speca, the world record holding domino-toppler. His name came up in my critical thinking class when I was discussing the domino fallacy and I was interested in what he had been doing since his heyday in the 70s. Naturally, I went to find his Wikipedia page and was stunned to find that deserving as he is, he has not been given the on-line recognition that such a cultural icon deserves.
So, today's question is who else is missing? Who should have a Wikipedia page, but doesn't?
- How Reliable Is Wikipedia?
The taller of the short people is working on a research project on Ruth Wakefield, the accidental inventor of the chocolate chip cookie. She's finding few resources in the public library, so we did a web search and pointing to the results, she tells...
- Leap Year And Love
Today is a special day, it is TheWife's birthday and it has me thinking about love and couples. Anecdotally and without evidence let me assert that we seem strangely good at finding mates that complement our lacks. People tend to couple off with...
- Name That Holiday
Contrary to SteveD's contention, I was in no way fishing for my own holiday with yesterday's post. He does, however, raise a darn good question: What holidays are missing from the calendar? What new holidays should be created? My suggestions:...
- Michael Shermer - The Baloney Detection Kit
In this blog we have featured previously a basic intro to logic and argumentation, a primer on the importance of critical thinking, a fun intro to informal logical fallacies, and many more relevant entries. And yet the main point cannot be emphasized...
- Assisted Knowledge
My oh my, I Googled "cheating on exams" hoping to discover some decent input, but what did I find...page after page "on how to cheat"--what an industry it has turned into. I remember recently discussing this with a university professor nearby and he offered...
Philosophy
Missing Wikipedia Entries
A couple weeks ago was the birthday of Bob Speca, the world record holding domino-toppler. His name came up in my critical thinking class when I was discussing the domino fallacy and I was interested in what he had been doing since his heyday in the 70s. Naturally, I went to find his Wikipedia page and was stunned to find that deserving as he is, he has not been given the on-line recognition that such a cultural icon deserves.
So, today's question is who else is missing? Who should have a Wikipedia page, but doesn't?
- How Reliable Is Wikipedia?
The taller of the short people is working on a research project on Ruth Wakefield, the accidental inventor of the chocolate chip cookie. She's finding few resources in the public library, so we did a web search and pointing to the results, she tells...
- Leap Year And Love
Today is a special day, it is TheWife's birthday and it has me thinking about love and couples. Anecdotally and without evidence let me assert that we seem strangely good at finding mates that complement our lacks. People tend to couple off with...
- Name That Holiday
Contrary to SteveD's contention, I was in no way fishing for my own holiday with yesterday's post. He does, however, raise a darn good question: What holidays are missing from the calendar? What new holidays should be created? My suggestions:...
- Michael Shermer - The Baloney Detection Kit
In this blog we have featured previously a basic intro to logic and argumentation, a primer on the importance of critical thinking, a fun intro to informal logical fallacies, and many more relevant entries. And yet the main point cannot be emphasized...
- Assisted Knowledge
My oh my, I Googled "cheating on exams" hoping to discover some decent input, but what did I find...page after page "on how to cheat"--what an industry it has turned into. I remember recently discussing this with a university professor nearby and he offered...