Comments on: The Must-See of TAM2012 & Some Thoughts on Good Neighbors http://icbseverywhere.com/blog/2012/08/tam2012-must-see/ Knowledge, science, reason, education, philosophy, behavior, politics, religion, and B.S. Fri, 11 Nov 2016 03:28:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 By: Kylie Sturgess http://icbseverywhere.com/blog/2012/08/tam2012-must-see/comment-page-1/#comment-10320 Thu, 09 Aug 2012 01:58:09 +0000 http://icbseverywhere.com/blog/?p=1523#comment-10320 Well, I dare to disagree with a lot of people over a lot of things. The conflation of atheism and skepticism is one of them, which I do both publicly and in backchannels with those who I think should be (as you put it) avoiding the anti-intellectualist approach to the issue. There’s a lot of genuinely passionate people who can be misguided as to where their energies can be directed, when it comes to this issue.

But such disagreements do not stop me (or the likes of Jamy Ian Swiss, et al) from continuing to speak out. In the end, it’s up to those who can provide outlets and platforms for such views to continue to do so – I’d look forward to giving my input to a future Education panel for example, now that I’m teaching critical thinking at a tertiary as well as producing resources for secondary and primary level. In a similar vein, it’s good that the JREF chose this speech in particular to be featured on YouTube relatively soon after the event. Very well done, JREF.

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