A Skeptical Human

YouTuber. Writer. Speaker. Debater.
Skeptic who is sometimes funny.

[A Skeptical Human @aSkepticalHuman]

"Most believers in miracles, monsters and mysteries are not hoaxers, flimflam artists or lunatics. Most are normal people whose normal thinking has gone wrong in some way."

--@MichaelShermer in "Why People Believe Weird Things."

[A Skeptical Human @aSkepticalHuman]

A libertarian walks into a bar. He slips on a puddle of water from the leaky roof--no longer the sort of thing "pesky govt inspectors" hassle business owners about. The slip & fall breaks his leg. Not able to afford the privatized ambulance, he begs for a ride to the ER. The end.

[A Skeptical Human @aSkepticalHuman]

"Science is progressive because its paradigms depend upon the cumulative knowledge gained through experimentation, corroboration & falsification . . . Pseudoscientists do not correct the errors of their predecessors; they perpetuate them."

--@MichaelShermer

[A Skeptical Human @aSkepticalHuman]

A libertarian walks into a bar. Despite being built in a highly earthquake-prone region, building safety regulations are a forgotten thing of the past from the former world of "Orwellian tyranny." An earthquake hits, predictably crumbling the building & killing most its patrons.

[A Skeptical Human @aSkepticalHuman]

Critical Thinking Tip: Beware the "post hoc, ergo propter hoc" fallacy ("After this, therefore because of this.") You took a homeopathic pill, or prayed, & your headache went away. Well, maybe it would've gone away anyway? Preceding =/= Causing.

[A Skeptical Human @aSkepticalHuman]

If we agree that banning fully automatic weapons is acceptable (as many Republicans like @benshapiro do), then we accept there's some compromise between the 2nd A + public safety.

From there, it really just is a question of where we draw the line, & gun control is fair game.

[A Skeptical Human @aSkepticalHuman]

"Scientific progress is the cumulative growth of a system of knowledge over time, in which useful features are retained and nonuseful features are abandoned, based on the rejection or confirmation of testable knowledge."

--@michaelshermer, Why People Believe Weird Things

[A Skeptical Human @aSkepticalHuman]

A libertarian walks into a bar. Due to cost-cutting measures at the privatized FAA, two fully-loaded jet airplanes collide in the sky above. One of them crashes through the roof of the bar, instantly killing all of the patrons.

[A Skeptical Human @aSkepticalHuman]

Uhh, you forgot virtually the entire community of relevant scientists.

[A Skeptical Human @aSkepticalHuman]

"Every 18 months, civilian gun deaths in America equal those of US military personnel during the entire Vietnam war."

--Thomas Gabor in "Enough! Solving America's Gun Violence Crisis"

[A Skeptical Human @aSkepticalHuman]

"How many libertarians does it take to screw in a lightbulb?..."

#Jokes #OneLiners #Politics #Libertarianism #PoliticalHumor #Libertarians #Democrats #Liberals

[A Skeptical Human @aSkepticalHuman]

A libertarian walks into a bar. He heads over to the jukebox to play some shitty Ayn Rand music. Due to cost-cutting measures driven by "self-interest" and a lack of regulatory oversight at the factory, the jukebox has faulty wiring that electrocutes & kills him. The end.

[A Skeptical Human @aSkepticalHuman]

The Bible does NOT provide us with moral guidelines.

#Skepticism #Atheism #Religion #Christianity #Bible #Morality #Ethics #God #Philosophy

[A Skeptical Human @aSkepticalHuman]

Even scarier is when we do all of those things at the same time!

[A Skeptical Human @aSkepticalHuman]

Two simple questions that prove global warming.

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Politics #Republicans #Democrats #Science #Facts

[A Skeptical Human @aSkepticalHuman]

Why are Republican men so obsessed with their masculinity?

#Politics #Republican #Democrat #Psychology #Conservative #Liberal #Masculinity #Hilarious

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God's worst "miracle" of all time?

#God #Atheism #Religion #Christianity #Miracle #Skepticism #Rationality #Faith

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"Global warming alarmist" - Dumbest term ever?

#GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #Science #Politics #Republican #Democrat #Facts

[A Skeptical Human @aSkepticalHuman]

Hell does NOT exist. There's just no way!

#Religion #Atheism #Christianity #Afterlife #God #TheBible #Skepticism

[A Skeptical Human @aSkepticalHuman]

This conspiracy theory makes NO sense!

#Skepticism #CriticalThinking #Conspiracies #Rationality #Logic #ThinkAboutIt #WeirdBeliefs