Fred TingeyThe Universe is OldThe Universe is very, very old. Everyone living in the 21st Century knows this; it is around 13.8 billion years old and there was a ‘big…Jun 2, 2019Jun 2, 2019
Fred TingeyGetting in the GrooveThis is an excerpt from my book ‘Are you Living in the 21st Century?” And follows on from ‘Getting Triggered’May 28, 2019May 28, 2019
Fred TingeyGetting TriggeredThis is an excerpt from my book ‘Are you Living in the 21st Century?’May 28, 2019May 28, 2019
Fred TingeyProving the NegativeOften, you get into the position where the claim is made ‘well, you can’t prove X doesn’t exist’. This might be used with reference to…Apr 30, 2019Apr 30, 2019
Fred TingeyBurden of ProofWhen we discussed ‘knowledge’ we mentioned the fact that for someone to claim that something is true, they have to be able to provide some…Apr 30, 20191Apr 30, 20191
Fred TingeyFallacious ArgumentsThe first point to make here is that there is a very long list of fallacious arguments. Indeed, it would seem that there are far more ways…Apr 30, 2019Apr 30, 2019
Fred TingeyDegrees of ConfidenceWhen someone has a belief, they have a degree of confidence in that belief. Generally this can be represented as a number between zero and…Apr 30, 20191Apr 30, 20191
Fred TingeyBelief vs KnowledgeThere is a large difference between ‘knowledge’ and ‘belief’ though it is easy to get the two conflated.Apr 30, 2019Apr 30, 2019
Fred TingeyAre you Living in the 21st Century?Do you ever find yourself getting into arguments with ‘idiots’? Do you come across people who seem to hold views so diametrically opposed…Apr 30, 2019Apr 30, 2019
