Dissident Politics

Pragmatic politics focused on the public interest for those uncomfortable with America's two-party system and its way of doing politics. Considering the interface of politics with psychology, cognitive biology, social behavior, morality and history.

Sunday, November 17, 2019

China's Tyranny

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The New York Times received leaked documents showing how Chinese authorities are treating their ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region, in...

How to Persuade

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A lot of people dismiss emotion in debate and by doing so they're throwing away their most effective tool. One of the goals of logic is ...
Friday, November 15, 2019

Chapter Review: Arguments and Logical Fallacies

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This is a review of Chapter 10, Arguments and Logical Fallacies, of Steven Novella's 2018 book, The Skeptic’s Guide the the Universe: Ho...

Disenfranchisement

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The gig economy has replaced actual jobs with "gigs" that require no investment in the employee on the part of the employer. T...
Thursday, November 14, 2019

Captive tigers in the U.S. outnumber those in the wild. It's a problem.

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Some are in roadside zoos. Some are pets. Many are abused. A lack of regulation on big cats is putting animals and humans at risk. https://...
Tuesday, November 12, 2019

John Robson: As long as the press eulogizes ex-Jesuit crackpots, we look stupid complaining about Trump

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If we want better political debates we need better political hygiene, with everyone refusing to tolerate behaviour on “their side” they ...
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