Fake news is just that – articles and other content that are presented as true but are in reality either made up completely or do contain an element of truth but grossly exaggerate or misrepresent other elements and facts that can be found in the article. Or even half of an article can be true, and the other half completely made up. Here’s how not to be fooled.
The Manosphere is sort of an umbrella term which houses the beliefs of various subcultures which may have different conclusions about how to go about what they all perceive to be a problem: “Feminism has instituted an unnatural way of life”
As the beliefs we have influence the experiences we face, what we believe seems very important. What we think about the issues we face influences how we spend our time on this earth. While I don’t believe for a second in the absolutism of ‘you attract what you are’ because it is partly blaming the victims of abuse for their experiences, we should not deny the impact of our beliefs on our experiences.
One of the things that has a great potential to irritate is the denial of basic and proven scientific truths. A lot of confusion can come from the fact that a science theory is very different from the regular understanding…
In this post, we will look at “Atheism” and try to come up with a definition that enables people to identify themselves as atheists, while maintaining consistency with the rest of the landscape of the philosophy of religion. Why would…
When racists or sexists make their posts and comments, they often argue that equality is a lie, humans are not equal and therefore we cannot have the same opportunities – in this argument, they are often either deliberately or not the confusing type of equality found in mathematics with the type of equality society should strive for.
The problem with the argument is that theists can easily get out of it. They can simply claim that omnipotence does not mean a being can do EVERYTHING. Omnipotence means that a being can do anything logically possible.
On this site, I often argue that we should think critically—not take whatever pundits, influences, preachers and Hollywood are selling and make it a part of us without giving it any more thought but think about those ideas. What usually…
Many people talk about secularism these days. Yet many of them do not know what they are talking about and are only repeating what they heard. People who wish to throw dirt on secularism spread falsehoods when they say it’s…
No, it’s not a group of people just hanging around at beaches and swimming pools naked. That’s naturism. Naturalism is a bit less fun than that. Introduction Naturalism is a philosophical view that only natural forces and laws are the…