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What would it take to prove you wrong?

What would it take to prove you wrong?

Posted September 2, 2010 by Jacques Rousseau

When claims are unfalsifiable – in other words, where no possible evidence could ever disprove them – then we have no reason to believe that they are true descriptions of the world.

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The dangers of tolerance

Posted April 8, 2010 by Jacques Rousseau

We should all – secular and religious alike – be encouraging the treatment of these Catholic child-abuse allegations as regular criminal cases, where suspects are arrested, questioned and sentenced if found guilty.

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