tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532871.post8685263577190090428..comments2024-03-13T13:29:33.800-05:00Comments on SocraticGadfly: John Horgan, NECSS, #skepticism, #tribalism, #scientism, ox-goringUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532871.post-37875803021452832002021-10-29T17:58:30.058-05:002021-10-29T17:58:30.058-05:00Assuming that "Tribal" is indeed Carmi T...Assuming that "Tribal" is indeed Carmi Turchik, also, he's a pretty dyed-in-the-wool Ev Psycher, among other things.Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532871.post-58769141266281770562021-10-01T00:00:50.704-05:002021-10-01T00:00:50.704-05:00Further contra "Tribal," it's clear ...Further contra "Tribal," it's clear that Fry's argument is nuanced and researched. https://www.nbcnews.com/sciencemain/war-inevitable-debate-rages-among-anthropologists-6C10680040<br /><br />And, largely right IMO.<br /><br />Per critics at that piece, and per a review of his book, it's clear that many people, like "Tribal," misunderstand and/or misinterpret him, and probably willfully. Fry is clear that "war" and "homicide" are two different things. https://www.afww.org/fry---beyond-war.htmlGadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532871.post-49322858839883597692016-06-10T13:24:11.147-05:002016-06-10T13:24:11.147-05:00You got your one comment.
But, no, as far as war,...You got your one comment.<br /><br />But, no, as far as <i>war,</i> and not generalized violence, which Horgan has carefully distinguished, Pop Ev Psych is delusional, and Pinker's a practitioner.<br /><br />As I have repeatedly stated, it's not scientifically falsifiable and it's sexist. Plus, the recent French cave findings about Neanderthal creativity 175K years ago have blown the very idea of the EEA further out of the water.<br /><br />You're right, with the handle. You ARE tribal.<br /><br />Try not to be; per Hume (you know, the philosophy that many movement skeptics are ignorant about), is ≠ ought.Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532871.post-53859064338506819972016-06-10T13:17:05.177-05:002016-06-10T13:17:05.177-05:00John Horgan is simply delusional when it comes to ...John Horgan is simply delusional when it comes to his views on war. He has pushed Douglas Fry's book where Fry makes literally the most idiotic argument I have seen, claiming that the absence of evidence which by definition cannot exist is proof of his views (literally; Fry says that since our nomadic ancestors did not build fortifications, which by definition nomadic people would have no use for and would not be in one place long enough to construct, this is proof that they were peaceful. Not satisfied with making the absence of evidence fallacy, he takes it that special step further...). <br /><br />A reasonably intelligent high school debater with no background in the area could make mincemeat of Horgan on the topic of war. The sheer number and enormity of the blunders he makes and supports from others on this topic alone really disqualifies him from having an opinion on science or skepticism at all, in my opinion. wearetribalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04661000372404080503noreply@blogger.com