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15
Feb

Technology is our salvation and our damnation.

Technology is our salvation and our damnation.  Explanation: Human life is fragile and may end. Natural disasters, from asteroid impacts
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07
Feb

Against Reparations

(Slave sale, Charleston, 1856, Public Domain) As usual I'll go through a few of the more common arguments
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01
Feb

Stating the Obvious

(Simplicity is the Ultimate Sophistication, by Wesley Fryer) It would be a shame if human life was to end. If
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02
Jan

Interesting Stuff: December 2015

(Autumn in the hamlet by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0) Interesting article roundup from the past month. Not all
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29
Dec

In Defense of Gay Conversion Therapy

(Photo by Jenny Mealling, creative commons attribution 2.0 generic licence) Conversion therapy aims to turn gay people straight. I
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28
Dec

How to be a Better Writer

(Creative Commons Licence,  from Wikimedia Commons) I'm not a good writer, but I am better than I was
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04
Nov

Why Value Debating, Statist Bias and Counter-Props

(Source: Wikimedia Commons) When we discuss a policy in the course of a debate, we bring arguments for and against
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19
Oct

Learn to Fail

If you want to be good at debating, learn to fail. Learn to fail fast, fail often and, most importantly,
07
Oct

Defining Feminism

I've long had a niggling feeling of unease about feminism, a reason I couldn't express for
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24
Aug

Member Speeches 101: The absolute basics

N.B: This article is written for the novices I coach. If you're experienced, good or break at
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