Month: April 2014

Critical Thinking and Vaccine Herd Immunity Part 2: More Vaccinated People Get Measles than Non-Vaccinated

IntroductionWelcome to Part 2 of an investigation of vaccine herd immunity through the concepts of critical thinking.  The purpose of these blog entries is two-fold.  One is to explore the controversy over the legitimacy of herd immunity and the second is to learn central concepts in critical thinking.  Essentially, these posts are an exercise in […]

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My Growing Disappointment with the New Atheist Movement: A Review of "The Unbelievers"

Tonight (Thursday Apr. 4) I went to a screening of “The Unbelievers” which was followed by a live Q&A with the stars, Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss.  The event was held in the UNLV event center (Cox Pavilion) and it was very well attended.  Almost all the seats were taken. I wasn’t particularly motivated to […]

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