Comments on: Why People Believe Weird Things, Redux

By: Podblack

Podblack — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:58:10 +0000

Cool, thanks. Will be writing a little more today about skeptic texts - and as for John, you might like to look at the curriculum model I wrote for our state’s course in Philosophy and Ethics… at least in one state in the world, Shermer’s ‘Weird Things’ would be a brilliant text for studies:
http://tiny.cc/skepticphilos

By: Cap'n Refsmmat

Cap'n Refsmmat — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:03:48 +0000

I’ll take a look at that book and see how I like it. (Looks like I’ll have to order it through Amazon.) Perhaps I can evangelize a little…

To the first commenter: Looking at your blog, it seems like you’re into exactly what I’m into, except you’re doing a degree in it. I’ll be following your blog (it’s pretty neat), and I may be doing more posts along this line as well. I might have more ruminations yet.

By: John

John — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:30:40 +0000

I was one of those high school kids you are talking about. I went through my whole high school career learning how to do problems but not how to think about problems. As a freshman in college I took a philosophy class in which we were required to read W.V. Quine’s “The Web of Belief”. It’s a short, easy to read introduction to rational thought and theory of knowledge. It changed my life.

Sometimes I think it ought to be required reading for high school science classes.

By: Podblack Blog

Podblack Blog — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:59:34 +0000

You might be interested in my site, if you’re interested in teenage beliefs and skepticism. It’s the topic of my dissertation.