"Some of these myths were verified by a 2019 paper by Robbins, et al. published in Sleep Health which compiled a whole bunch of claimed sleep myths from the popular media and had them all evaluated by ten experts in sleep medicine, each of whom had published at least 20 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and had them rate how true or false each myth was. So let's dive in and tackle the top 15 myths about sleeping."
Human knowledge has progressed exponentially since the dawn of modern science. It is no longer reasonable to accept claims without sufficient objective evidence. The harm from religion, alternatives to medicine, conservatism, and all other false beliefs will be exposed on this blog by reporting the findings of science. This blog will also reinforce what should be the basics of education: History, Civics, Financial Literacy, Media Literacy, and Critical/Science Based Thinking.
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
15 Sleep Myths
"Some of these myths were verified by a 2019 paper by Robbins, et al. published in Sleep Health which compiled a whole bunch of claimed sleep myths from the popular media and had them all evaluated by ten experts in sleep medicine, each of whom had published at least 20 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and had them rate how true or false each myth was. So let's dive in and tackle the top 15 myths about sleeping."
Thursday, August 1, 2024
Christianity Is Influenced By Many Myths
Click on the links below for an in-depth look at the history of Christianity and how its myth is not significantly unlike other myths:
https://www.collegesidekick.com/study-docs/2069056
https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/influence-mystery-religions-christianity
https://owlcation.com/humanities/The-Mythic-Origins-of-Christianity-True-or-False
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Conservatives And US Founding Myths
Conservatives in the USA have devolved into the promotion of lies and myths in general, and such includes the Founding of the USA. Click on the link below for an evidence-based expose of ten Founding myths that are primarily believed and promoted by conservatives:
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Texas Myths: They Are More Than The Alamo
"Heather and Joanne use the current impeachment drama surrounding Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton as a window into the dramatic and ever-shifting legacies of the Alamo and the Texas oil boom."
Thursday, February 2, 2023
A Look At Mythology And Religion
Friday, December 27, 2019
Don't Strawman Mythicism
That said, I find that Biblical scholars, whether Christian or atheist, who don't accept the claim that there probably was not a historical Jesus frequently use the Strawman Fallacy. The following videos are excellent in clarifying the evidence behind the claim that Jesus was probably not a real person.
Mystery Faith (Part 1 of 2) - Richard Carrier
Mystery Faith (Part 2 of 2) - David Fitzgerald
Pondering Parallels and Mythicism - Robert M Price
Saturday, December 14, 2019
Religion: Superstition And Mythology
"Mythology is the main component of Religion."
"Initially, theology and mythology were synonymous."
"- - - both primitive and modern theology is inescapably constrained by its mythical backbone. - - -"
"The classicist Robert Graves defines myths as 'whatever religious or heroic legends are so foreign to a student's experience that he cannot believe them to be true.'"
"Folklorists define a myth as "a sacred narrative explaining how the world and humankind came to be in their present form."
" Widespread similarities between religious mythologies include the following:
- the story of a god who undergoes death and resurrection (life-death-rebirth deity).[21][22]
- The mythical geography of many religions involves an axis mundi, or Cosmic Center.[23]
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_and_mythology)
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How does one tell which religion is true, if any? What tool are you going to use when all of them believe on faith and not evidence?
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***If you disagree with this article, how do you justify or verify that your beliefs are true? What is your view regarding the value of evidence?***
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