Headline GOP: Shelter for Fragile Egos
Headline Beyond the Bounds of Reasoned Debate
Headline Three lessons from yesterday’s eclipse
Headline Which monuments should come down?
Headline How unbalanced is the U.S. Senate?
  • Skeptic Ink
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
Background Probability
  • Skeptic Ink
  • Skepticism
  • Atheism
  • Philosophy
  • Secularism
  • Skeptic Ink
  • Skepticism
  • Atheism
  • Philosophy
  • Secularism

GOP: Shelter for Fragile Egos

By Damion Reinhardt • Sep 25, 2017 • 3 comments

I’m all for sticking it to universities whenever they fail allow for diversity of views and robust debate; this is,…

Beyond the Bounds of Reasoned Debate

By Damion Reinhardt • Sep 21, 2017 • 5 comments

By now you’ve probably already heard about the fourth annual Mythinformation Conference in Milwaukee, an event which “showcases the many different…

Three lessons from yesterday’s eclipse

By Damion Reinhardt • Aug 22, 2017 • 6 comments

If you are a avowed skeptic, you probably have loads of friends who are massive science enthusiasts, and more than…

Which monuments should come down?

By Damion Reinhardt • Aug 17, 2017 • 3 comments

In a free and democratic society, each generation is given the opportunity to choose which of their forbears’ institutions and…

How unbalanced is the U.S. Senate?

By Damion Reinhardt • Aug 1, 2017 • 2 comments

Every so often, the U.S. Senate takes center stage in American politics, as it did last week in the dramatic…

Skeptic Magazine Cucked by Milo

By Damion Reinhardt • Jul 30, 2017 • 5 comments

The essence of skepticism is carefully apportioning one’s beliefs to the available evidence. Minor claims require minimal proof. Bold and…

Evolutionary Psychology, Gender Studies, and Skepticism

By Damion Reinhardt • Jun 7, 2017 • No comments

At least twice in the history of organized skepticism we have witnessed someone from within the movement endeavoring to call…

Deplatforming and the Dawkbro

By Damion Reinhardt • Jun 4, 2017 • 15 comments

Public intellectual and renowned atheist Richard Dawkins has (once again) drawn the ire of skeptical blogger Rebecca Watson (this time)…

‘Conceptual Penis’ Underappreciated, Overblown

By Damion Reinhardt • May 23, 2017 • 15 comments

You’ve probably heard of the “Conceptual Penis” kerfuffle by now; it has been all over my skeptic- and freethought-related social feeds.…

An Apotropaic Sacrifice

By Damion Reinhardt • Apr 10, 2017 • 4 comments

Today marks the extrabiblical Fast of the Firstborn, a day commemorating when the God of Abraham struck down every firstborn…

1 2 … 92

Recent posts

  • GOP: Shelter for Fragile Egos
  • Beyond the Bounds of Reasoned Debate
  • Three lessons from yesterday’s eclipse
  • Which monuments should come down?
  • How unbalanced is the U.S. Senate?
  • Skeptic Magazine Cucked by Milo

Recent Discussion

Copyright © 2015 Background Probability
All rights reserved