CA Death Penalty Moratorium & Do No Harm Act

Recorded on 24 Mar 2019: Topics include CA Death Penalty Moratorium and Do No Harm Act

Segment 1: CA Death Penalty Moratorium

Segment 2: Do No Harm Act

Immigrants & Taxes and The Anti-Vaxx Outbreak

Recorded on 03 Mar 2019: Topics include Immigrants & Taxes, and The Anti-Vaxx Outbreak!

Banter: Gun Laws, Drafting Women, and Behind the Curve

Segment 1: Immigrants and Taxes

Segment 2: The Anti-Vaxx Outbreak!

 

Border Walls: Are They Effective?

Recorded on 27 Jan 2019: Topics include Border Walls: Are They Effective? and Social Justice Warriors Gone Wild!!

Banter: The Government Reopens … Temporarily

 

Segment 1: Border Walls: Are They Effective?

 

Segment 2: Social Justice Warriors Gone Wild!!

 

2018 End of Year Episode

Recorded on 30 Dec 2018: Topics include Revisit of Episode 10 — The Gender Spectrum and Skepticism-Lite News Items

Segment 1: Revisit Episode10 — The Gender Spectrum

Segment 2: Skepticism-Lite News Items

 

The Kavanaugh Confirmation Sexual Abuse Allegations & The Gender Spectrum

Recorded on 07 Oct 2018: Topics include CSICON 2018 in Las Vegas, FFRF Convention in San Francisco, The Kavanaugh Confirmation Sexual Abuse Allegations, & The Gender Spectrum

 

CSICON 2018 in Las Vegas

  • 18-21 Oct 2018
  • Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino
  • Las Vegas, NV
  • Notable Speakers:
    • Stephen Fry
    • Richard Dawkins
    • Kavin Senapathy
    • Steven Pinker
  • MC: George Hrab
  • https://csiconference.org/

 

FFRF Conference in San Francisco

 

The Kavanaugh Confirmation Sexual Abuse Allegations

 

The Gender Spectrum

 

Recorded on 03 Jun 2018: Topics include Movie Review: “Prayer Never Fails” and Cultural Appropriation

Movie Review: “Prayer Never Fails”

Prayer Never Fails
Company: Sweet Unknown Studios
Writer:  Wes Miller 
Director:  Wes Miller 
Producer:  Scott Seegmiller ,  Leonard Ohaebosim ,  Wes Miller 
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 100 min
Industry Rating: Not Rated
Starring:  Nick Lashaway ,  Clifton Davis ,  Corbin Bernsen ,  Lorenzo Lamas ,  Eric Roberts ,  Lynn Whitfield ,  Cathy Lee Crosby ,  Rene Perez ,  Chandler Lane ,  Alston Kelley ,  Jessica Webb ,  Justin Webb ,  Ted Ensminger ,  Desmond Roberson ,  Vanessa Cure ,  Joseph Belk ,  Leshun West ,  Martin Gudz 
Theatrical Release: 12 Feb 2016
DVD Release: 01 Apr 2016

Cultural Appropriation

Recorded on 29 Apr 2018: Topics include Apu Nahasapeemapetilon — The Controversey; Government vs God? People Are Less Religious When Government is Bigger, Research Says; and 911 No Call List And Religious Freedom

Apu Nahasapeemapetilon — The Controversey

Government vs. God? People are less religious when government is bigger, research says

911 No Call List And Religious Freedom

Summary
Recorded on 25 Mar 2018: Topics include Domestic Terrorism and Critical Thinking: Evidence — Evaluating Sources

Domestic Terrorism

Critical Thinking: Evidence — Evaluating Sources

Summary
Recorded on 25 Feb 2018: Topics include Trusted Sources: FactCheck.org, Essential Oils, and BRRPS Episode 3: Circumcision.

Trusted Resources: FactCheck.org

Essential Oils

BRRPS E03: Circumcision

(Beliefs, Rites, Rituals, Practices, and Superstitions)

Summary
Recorded on 04 Feb 2018: Topics include Critical Thinking: The Unsolvable Exam Question, BRRPS Episode 2: The Flat Earth Theory, and The Appeal of Conspiracy Theories.

Banter: Secular Morality v. Veganism
Brian and Scot reprise their discussion on Secular Morality v. Veganism, inspired by The Athiest Experience E22.03 (21 Jan 2018) caller Richard (1:13:50)

Critical Thinking: Definition
Critical thinking is the process of analyzing and evaluating truth claims that is grounded in logically valid arguments, sound reasoning, appropriate standards of evidence, and a pragmatic understanding of cognitive errors and biases; and the ability to apply these to the systematic analysis of problems in order to obtain credible solutions.

  • Reasoning & Arguments
    Recognizing and evaluating arguments, which are composed of a set of premises and conclusions; Deductive vs Inductive reasoning, prepositional logic, valid arguments, sound arguments, formal and informal fallacies, hidden or unstated premises, etc.
  • Evidence
    Evidence is that which justifies belief or what is reasonable for one to believe. The nature of evidence, evidence criteria, evaluating sources and context, relevance to the argument, degree of support for the argument, etc.
  • Cognitive Biases & Errors
    Cognitive biases are tendencies to think in certain ways that can lead to systematic deviations from a standard of rationality or good judgment. Examples include decision-making, belief, and behavioral biases such as Backfire Effect, Confirmation Bias, Dunning-Kreuger Effect, Pareidolia, Stereotyping, etc; social biases such as Authority Biase, In-Group Bias, Just-World Hypothesis; memory errors and biases such as False Memory, Hind-Sight Bias, Suggestibility, etc.; and psychological effects such as the Placebo Effect, McGurk Effect, inattentional blindness, etc
  • Problem Solving
    The ability to apply reasoning & arguments, the appropriate evaluation of facts and evidence, and the pragmatic understanding of cognitive errors & biases to the systematic analysis of problems in order to obtain credible solutions

Critical Thinking: The Unsolvable Exam Question
‘Unsolvable’ exam question leaves Chinese students flummoxed, BBC, 30 Jan 2018

BRRPS0002: The Flat Earth Theory

The Appeal of Conspiracy Theories
The Enduring Appeal of Conspriacy Theories, BBC, Mellissa Hogenboom, 24 Jan 2018