August 2010
4 posts
What you believe? Or the way you believe it? →
Fundamentalism has less to do with the contents of belief than the way the believer holds those beliefs. For example, fundamentalism is strongly associated with dogmatism — beliefs considered unassailable and held with fervent, unjustified certainty[…]. [F]undamentalism has a strong “us versus them” dynamic, […] authoritarianism and ethnocentrism (e.g. Positive correlations have...
Aug 24th
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The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis and Militaries
Amplify’d from michellemalkin.com All the good armies of the world speak English. I’m serious. Think about it. It doesn’t surprise me that the taliban can’t maneuver worth crap, few armies can. Read more at michellemalkin.com See this Amp at http://bit.ly/9Hrv66
Aug 23rd
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Untitled
Amplify’d from michellemalkin.com All the good armies of the world speak English. I’m serious. Think about it. It doesn’t surprise me that the taliban can’t maneuver worth crap, few armies can. Read more at michellemalkin.com See this Amp at http://bit.ly/dhK6jY
Aug 23rd
“Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.” —Carl Sagan http://bit.ly/dysjOa
Aug 22nd