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Encounters of the Mind »

[27 Feb 2008 | 79 views]

“Grave?” Uh… “Pathetic?” Mmm… “Disservice?” Hmmm…

Skepdad thoughts, The Three Eyes »

[24 Feb 2008 | 79 views]

Sunday morning and a girl is wide-eyed and glowering at me with that ‘for the love of all things pasta, rescue me dad!’ look.

Encounters of the Mind, Reasoned Education »

[12 Feb 2008 | 108 views]

The toy did not make any outrageous claims about its own educational value. It just came in a neat little package as if to say, this toy is so cool who cares if it teaches anything because its just freaking insects for kids.

Encounters of the Mind, Reasoned Education »

[11 Feb 2008 | 78 views]

My initial assumptions, having only vague and distant memories of both tomes, were as follows: Verne as science and Wyss as religion. I thought it might be interesting to track my “skeptical impressions” of literature at various points in two contrasting books.

Skepdad thoughts »

[5 Feb 2008 | 84 views]

…is all I’m really saying…

Encounters of the Mind »

[4 Feb 2008 | 79 views]

True, time and further research will tell if there is any weight behind these conclusions, but skeptical parents shouldn’t be too quick to hop on the bandwagon and panic from a single research paper on a poorly understood group of chemicals.