Thomas Wictor

Posts Tagged ‘World Health Organization’

Factoid: the weapon of choice for totalitarians

Norman Mailer was deeply troubled, but he coined a great word: factoid. It means “an invented fact believed to be true because it appears in print.” Almost everything you read is a factoid. It goes without saying that you should disregard almost everything you read. Depleted uranium factoid Look up “depleted uranium Iraq birth defects.”…

 

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Stop being stupid

I’m not religious. However, I am a theist. That means I believe in a deity who cares about us and helps us endure the vicissitudes of life. If you’re not a theist, I don’t think any less of you. This is something we all have to decide for ourselves. I would never try to convince…

 

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