tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post4346084340770601444..comments2023-09-24T07:53:50.826-05:00Comments on The Atheist Experience™: A Critical Thinking Course You Just Won't BelieveUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-69352445819294453202011-08-12T12:40:54.210-05:002011-08-12T12:40:54.210-05:00It's nice to hear that the other students have...It's nice to hear that the other students have complained about her to the campus director. If your school is anything like mine, a portion of the class revolves around online discussions. If so, you should provide the other students with links to reliable resources for critical thinking (scientific journals, etc.). Tell them about Google Scholar!<br /><br />Also, please... I beg you... Record her shenanigans and post it on YouTube for everyone to see. Someone in my critical thinking class used to record every class rather than taking notes by hand. I would imagine it's not against the rules in your school.Savihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15283382255891952732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-28933047339456007652011-08-12T12:22:18.474-05:002011-08-12T12:22:18.474-05:00Do not withdraw from the class, waste money, and m...Do not withdraw from the class, waste money, and make yourself look bad just because the teacher is annoying and irrational. If you're paying for the class and you're receiving credit for it, just stick it out and pass the course. In the meantime, talk to someone in charge of your program or one of her superiors about her rejection of evidence in a critical thinking class. You said that you "brought up the issue casually" with the academic department. Maybe you should file a formal complaint, if possible.Savihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15283382255891952732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-40741475791483850182011-08-10T11:36:55.453-05:002011-08-10T11:36:55.453-05:00...to think you spent hard earned dollars to take ......to think you spent hard earned dollars to take that class. I'd be infuriated.Tomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06593122770651050168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-84186462869263160702011-08-10T11:35:11.211-05:002011-08-10T11:35:11.211-05:00Oh wow, I hope I never encounter a crack-pot like ...Oh wow, I hope I never encounter a crack-pot like that. I wouldn't be able to stay silent, and would fight to the bloody end to have her reassigned.Tomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06593122770651050168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-49070773062165479182011-08-09T11:49:24.719-05:002011-08-09T11:49:24.719-05:00That's great news! I wonder if the absence of...That's great news! I wonder if the absence of the teacher was mandated by the campus director? They know that most people are intimidated by authority figures, and once you raised suspicions, they may have set up this day of absence to see what the rest thought. You are to be commended for standing up for your point of view. That took a lot of guts!nude0007https://www.blogger.com/profile/17427383503777946860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-38808443400251620962011-08-06T09:48:29.499-05:002011-08-06T09:48:29.499-05:00Most of what needs to be said, about what a disgra...Most of what needs to be said, about what a disgrace this teacher does to the classes title has already been said. I'd like to put add though that Not all critical thinking classes are like this I found my Crit Thinking class to be an amazing experience with a great teacher that loved philosophy, science, and Harry Potter. We covered so much Ethics,logic, Logical fallacies, Burden of proof,Theory of knowledge and when something is a "justified true belief".Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06102450128463570424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-71529171169920965832011-08-06T09:23:56.358-05:002011-08-06T09:23:56.358-05:00That's wonderful! Glad to hear that the teache...That's wonderful! Glad to hear that the teacher is out and that the other students were not as easily swayed.Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15764569244461514481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-72702397456009123542011-08-06T03:34:16.698-05:002011-08-06T03:34:16.698-05:00Just updating the thread to say that this past Wed...Just updating the thread to say that this past Wednesday the teacher was out and instead of rescheduling the class, the campus director substituted. She asked out loud what we all thought of the class, and I was relieved to see so many people complain about the teacher quite openly. It seems that the students didn't want to call the teacher out to her face, but did not hesitate to do so when the numero uno person in charge was present. The director made it clear that we should write all of these issues down in the evaluation we give at the end of term. I have a feeling she won't be teaching that class anymore, but that could just be wishful thinking; we'll see!Maya Papayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14458731041543930652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-81027798750407620072011-08-05T13:00:52.199-05:002011-08-05T13:00:52.199-05:00You should probably refresh the page to double che...You should probably refresh the page to double check that the post is actually there before you leave. And if you're that your post might get eaten and you haven't hit submit yet, take a moment to copy the text and paste it into an editor, just in case. I sometimes do that when a website is running sluggishly or something.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05324968314168283095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-55438236240162420142011-08-05T12:58:48.378-05:002011-08-05T12:58:48.378-05:00Oh, and thanks for the response. I really regret ...Oh, and thanks for the response. I really regret ijacking this thread this way, but I didn't see any other options. 1000 apologies everyone.nude0007https://www.blogger.com/profile/17427383503777946860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-28197499902196848352011-08-05T12:57:22.361-05:002011-08-05T12:57:22.361-05:00To Ithonicfury,
As I remember the problem, I ent...To Ithonicfury, <br /><br />As I remember the problem, I enter a message, login, do captcha, the message posts, I leave, I come back tomorrow and its gone.nude0007https://www.blogger.com/profile/17427383503777946860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-12371283841184593362011-08-04T13:58:05.339-05:002011-08-04T13:58:05.339-05:00This is a brilliant Critical Thinking class! Nobo...This is a brilliant Critical Thinking class! Nobody's going to pay attention if you are slogging through logical fallacies in monotone.<br /><br />Claim UFO's are real and make them work to disprove it.<br /><br />That's what they are doing... right?Dark Starhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04356850749159919331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-26454518936098617502011-08-03T16:22:11.747-05:002011-08-03T16:22:11.747-05:00Something to note (at least something I run into) ...Something to note (at least something I run into) is that you have to kinda post it twice.<br /><br />No matter how many times I sign in, and it remembers me, I still have to hit Post Comment, and then tell it to login, and THEN I can actually post (if you're not hitting a captcha, then it wouldnt have posted, and if you left the page then it could seem like your comment got deleted)Ithonicfuryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13954473314799411412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-67999853192060492732011-08-03T15:41:25.185-05:002011-08-03T15:41:25.185-05:00Nude, I'm not aware of any of your comments be...Nude, I'm not aware of any of your comments being deleted. None of them were in the spam filter when I checked, and you're not banned. What posts are you thinking contain deleted comments of yours?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05324968314168283095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-46193371042419746002011-08-03T15:25:20.320-05:002011-08-03T15:25:20.320-05:00Imagine if this turned out to be part of the class...Imagine if this turned out to be part of the class, and Maya is the only one to pass it! <br /><br /><br />I wisharamishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07726584156324524396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-74224245204597726362011-08-03T14:58:29.905-05:002011-08-03T14:58:29.905-05:00Get a lawyer and sue to get your money back. You&#...Get a lawyer and sue to get your money back. You're a victim of fraud.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13628815575474680554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-76266133794256439882011-08-03T14:13:19.055-05:002011-08-03T14:13:19.055-05:00Additionally, if you think about it this class is ...Additionally, if you think about it this class is the best thing that could have happened to you.<br />It made YOU a better critical thinker by forcing YOU to come up with good, logical responses and providing evidence.<br />It might be the worst thing to happen to most people in your class and I'm in no way defending an incompetent teacher, but as a social experiment this teacher would have gotten great marks for forcing at least one of the people in her class room to use her brain properly and I think for that you should be happy, no matter how frustrating it was.<br />Now for turning the brains of the rest of the classroom to mush this teacher needs to be sacked and forced to pay back the tuition of every student in her class.Muskiet.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07823889109897875316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-56213069778443946622011-08-03T14:02:45.743-05:002011-08-03T14:02:45.743-05:00Couldn't you write a paper on your teacher?
Wr...Couldn't you write a paper on your teacher?<br />Write down all the ghost stories, logical fallacies and back everything up with scientific references and you have yourself a wonderful paper on critical thinking.Muskiet.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07823889109897875316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-80201588981206003962011-08-03T08:18:34.143-05:002011-08-03T08:18:34.143-05:00KRIKEY! DELETED AGAIN!!!!!
What do I say that is...KRIKEY! DELETED AGAIN!!!!!<br /><br />What do I say that is so different than everyone else? IS it my name? Why have most of my posts been deleted? Just let me know if I am not wanted, I don't HAVE to post here, I just really admire what u guys r doing and u r doing it so well. I just didn't think my comments were off in any way or inappropriate either.nude0007https://www.blogger.com/profile/17427383503777946860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-19399546042936210492011-08-03T06:34:43.909-05:002011-08-03T06:34:43.909-05:00Ugh so many spelling errors due to my pissed offne...Ugh so many spelling errors due to my pissed offness about this statement lets start....."basicly you tell her that you were told by chocolate albino monkey squirrel's told you"<br /><br />take off the told you at the end and the second one i notised was<br /><br />"there by winning the argument that her logic is flaw and should be teaching the class...." <br /><br />Should should be replaced by Shouldn'tJoeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14884925360553399322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-22431642812662555722011-08-03T06:28:48.790-05:002011-08-03T06:28:48.790-05:00There is this amazing illogical, ridiculous, unqua...There is this amazing illogical, ridiculous, unquantifiable, absurdity, in human beings that i feel i have the right to punch in the face over the kind of stupidity that is being presented here.......that being illegal in anything but self defense in this country, plus immorally wrong in context. If i were in your shoe's id do one thing and one thing alone. Raise Fucking Hell over this......and by this i of course me present all the arguments listed on this fantasticly beautiful, long list of good advice.....further more i would suggest that you figure out what her own logic is (how ever illogical it may be) and prove her wrong within her own logic this is easy to do....basicly you tell her that you were told by chocolate albino monkey squirrel's told you that they had solid evidence that Godzilla, The devil, and hercules have teamed up to prove that science is so correct that there's no point in believing any of the stories that have been said in the class.....one of 2 things will happen and both are very likely given the evidence that i have seen here to show that shes completely insane....either 1) she will ask you to prove it.....in witch case you tell her well i said so so i dont have to prove it isn't someone just saying so prove enough for you and watch her wine, cry and do absolutly nothing to prove you wrong in the slightest....there by winning the argument that her logic is flaw and should be teaching the class....or 2) she will take your words to heart and proceed to believe in science and in her own logic save herself from her own insanity.<br /><br />I'd even go as far as to say shes on the level with any and all end of the world claimers....the guys at columbine.....the people who bombed the twin towers....and anyone that thinks scientology isn't a scam.....<br /><br />This is yours truely<br /><br />JoeyJoeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14884925360553399322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-33648669016172695892011-08-03T04:29:03.289-05:002011-08-03T04:29:03.289-05:00*Skeptic* Sorry my bad.*Skeptic* Sorry my bad.Tawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06857693864552856570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-31644757713384016012011-08-03T04:26:43.019-05:002011-08-03T04:26:43.019-05:00Ok, I know this tip isn't applicable to this s...Ok, I know this tip isn't applicable to this situation anymore, but I offer it to people as a strategy which needs to be employed early when talking to people who believe in the supernatural.<br /><br />If the discussion is getting frought, you need to get in there with the 'open minded' comment asap.<br /><br />Frequently the sceptic is accused of not being 'open minded'. This annoys me so much as it is the sceptical approach which is the most open minded. This comment is so ingrained into peoples thinking that they instantly can make you seem like the unreasonable one in the discussion.<br /><br />So if you say it first, it will come across as weak if they throw it back.<br /><br />At an early stage accuse them of not being open minded. i.e. "You are not being open minded as you aren't being open to the possibility that you are wrong. I on the other hand am open to both possibilities, but am simply asking which is more likely based on the evidence.."<br /><br />People should understand what being open minded really means.Tawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06857693864552856570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-69059903083515156872011-08-03T03:37:57.346-05:002011-08-03T03:37:57.346-05:00Even wikipedia lists EVP as interpretation and hoa...Even wikipedia lists EVP as interpretation and hoax.Speiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06009635276516477863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-871293227992999192011-08-02T22:08:42.247-05:002011-08-02T22:08:42.247-05:00stick with it, get your grade, then write a scathi...stick with it, get your grade, then write a scathing faculty review. Colleges pay attention to those.<br /><br />Reach out to places like the JREF and Center For Inquiry--they will help you make sure your arguments are airtight, and if you take this up the university chain, chances are you can meet with administrators to whom you can present a case. <br /><br />Good luck!!!MethodSkeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05844566230083531269noreply@blogger.com