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The Antikythera Mechanism: ancient mechanical astrological calendar, & reminder of the fragility of knowledge.

Video: http://youtu.be/zM3BDiKQdc4

Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2017/05/17/118.-The-Antikythera-Mechanism.html

Why are so many smart people interested in finding alien intelligence…and where should we look for them?

Video: http://youtu.be/lzRXKrxavm8

Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2017/05/03/117.-SETI-and-Dyson-Spheres.html

The so-called “War on Science” isn’t about hostility, it’s a simple case of forgetting how science is different.

Video: http://youtu.be/UfXxhu5CbPk

Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2017/04/20/116.-The-War-on-Science.html

HI THERE, QUILLETTE READERS! Holly seems to have used my video (without my permission) to explain the Motte-and-Bailey fallacy, in an article defending some half-baked TERF ideology. I invite you to think critically about why it’s so important for TERFs that the legal protections afforded to women are never extended to trans women, why TERFs (at best) insist on separate-but-equal treatment, and why it’s so important for them to deny a tiny minority of people the right to live as they choose.

Video: http://youtu.be/hu2mT1KIOHM

Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2017/04/05/115.-The-Motte-and-Bailey-Fallacy.html

Skepticism is an essential tool for rational thought, but knowing when & how to use it is hard…I think???

Video: http://youtu.be/N5fQo2k6CFs

Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2017/03/22/114.-Shades-of-Skepticism.html

In the constant struggle between memes, the punching of Nazis barely scratches the surface of the conflict.

Video: http://youtu.be/whX5P7V-H78

Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2017/03/08/113.-Memetics-and-Punching-Nazis.html