Tag: Critical-Thinking
- STFL #17:
The belief in basic human goodness has led to many of the greatest evils in history.
- STFL #18:
Words mean things.
- STFL #20:
Without omniscience, faith is inescapable.
- STFL #28:
Some people really want the Bible to say anything other than what it actually says.
- STFL #31:
What do you call a huge publicly-owned monopoly run by greedy, power-hungry shareholders, which can change the rules of the marketplace at will and force consumers to buy at the point of a gun? Democratic government.
- STFL #36:
Science is merely the practice of reverse engineering the parts of the universe we observe and care about.
- STFL #38:
It is unwise to mix myth with truth.
- STFL #40:
The system of government matters far less than the character of the people being governed.
- STFL #46:
Security by obscurity is security in name only.
- STFL #48:
Men and women are different.
- STFL #52:
There are no secrets or codes in the Bible.
- STFL #54:
“Don’t judge me” implies “I can judge you.”
- STFL #58:
Even the worst tyrants must do some temporal good.
- STFL #62:
People like statistics that confirm their bias and ignore everything else.
- STFL #64:
Science does not happen until after assumptions are made regarding the nature of knowledge and being.
- STFL #66:
Law defines what failure is.
- STFL #77:
Just because an action is wrong does not mean there should be a law against.
- STFL #83:
The wealthiest individuals and largest companies are the ones most able to shrug off regulations and taxes.
- STFL #84:
Public schools are not a sacrament.
- STFL #88:
Computer simulations and reality are never equal and rarely even very similar.
- STFL #99:
“God is leading me to...” is a phrase that is almost always followed by bad theology.
- STFL #104:
If someone says they are joking, how do you know they are being serious? If someone says they are serious, how do you know they aren’t joking?
- STFL #105:
No organization is a monolith.
- STFL #107:
Invention and discovery are not inevitable consequences of human existence.
- STFL #110:
Multiverse Theory is not science.
- STFL #115:
In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice they are not.
- STFL #116:
Knee-jerk reactions to current events might score political points, but make for terrible policies.
- STFL #117:
All technology is magic.
- STFL #122:
There is no unconscious bias, only hypocrisy.
- STFL #123:
If you want to prevent crime, change your culture, not your laws.
- STFL #135:
That which a person will not permit to be mocked is sacred to that person.