Archive for the ‘m g piety’ Category

WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH MANDATES?

Wednesday, February 9th, 2022

Fifty years ago today, Beatle George told us that All Things Must Pass. Then he ...

ROLLING BACK THE ENLIGHTENMENT

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021

Fifty years ago today, Beatle George told us that All Things Must Pass. Then he told us about Living in the Material World. For 36 years, BigO has been trying to keep ...

ENEMIES OF SCIENCE

Sunday, May 2nd, 2021

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COLLEGE AND THE CHEATING CULTURE

Wednesday, October 14th, 2020

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READING PLATO IN THE TIME OF THE OLIGARCHS

Sunday, November 25th, 2018

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DID GOD GET THINGS TERRIBLY WRONG?

Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013

Helping words: "epistemology is the study of knowledge and justified belief". Bring on the headache pills, the creationists are sharpening their knives. MG Piety referees. Alvin Plantinga is one of the most prominent figures in a group of philosophers who work on what one could call religious epistemology. Plantinga has decided ...

THE WAR ON FAIRNESS

Wednesday, November 21st, 2012

Philosopher M.G. Piety was intrigued by Stephen T. Asma’s article, In Defense of Favoritism, but the result was far from illuminating. In fact, it was the "worst piece of incoherent and morally reprehensible tripe I think I’ve ever read in my life". It’s rare when a person does something that is ...

THE AGE OF IDIOCY

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

There is something wrong with society when statistics and figures take over reasoning. As Associate Professor M. G. Piety says, you can get a study to support any conclusion you want, so long as you are sufficiently careful in the crafting of your questions. The eighteenth century is known as "the ...