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- 16:16, 28 May 2023 diff hist -569 Acupuncture →Efficacy: Removed what I take to be a vandalism attempt (an old piece of pseudoscience published in a pseudojournal described here as a "recent study")
- 21:02, 20 April 2023 diff hist -20 Galileo gambit →Actual, legitimate examples: Changed the heading and rewrote parts of the section. These examples are all often mentioned when "conservative opposition to new ideas" is discussed, but as any historian of science will tell you, they all turn out to be ... far more complicated (see Philip Kitcher's discussion of Wegener ... or even Wikipedia on Semmelweiss, for instance: the popular media myth so often repeated is ... pretty inaccurate)
- 21:11, 26 October 2022 diff hist +886 Talk:Just asking questions
- 21:05, 26 October 2022 diff hist -579 Just asking questions Removed two paragraphs at the beginning - they were clearly added by someone who didn't recognize the purpose of the article (added furher explanation in the talk page)
- 08:59, 19 April 2020 diff hist +143 Talk:Paradigm shift The Newton's Dark Legacy section is deeply confused and should be deleted current
- 08:57, 19 April 2020 diff hist +5,301 Talk:Paradigm shift Deeply confused section, should be deleted.~~~~
- 08:31, 3 April 2020 diff hist +1,344 m Talk:Methodological naturalism →this article is completely wrongheaded and should be deleted/completely revised
- 10:01, 24 March 2020 diff hist +8 m Talk:Methodological naturalism
- 09:59, 24 March 2020 diff hist +387 m Talk:Methodological naturalism comment
- 08:42, 24 March 2020 diff hist +4 m Talk:Methodological naturalism
- 08:39, 24 March 2020 diff hist +6,496 Talk:Methodological naturalism This article is deeply and fundamentally confused and should be deleted~~~~
- 08:01, 8 May 2018 diff hist +10 m List of medicinal plants →G: Just editing a somewhat ambiguous passage here. The "Truth" section needs updates as well - results on effect of garlic on cardiovascular risk factors are inconsistent at best
- 11:57, 19 April 2018 diff hist +3,988 RationalWiki:Duplicate articles Merging articles is stupid and should be stopped~~~~
- 20:36, 10 April 2018 diff hist +2 m Argument from authority →Who Are the Experts?: grammar
- 20:35, 10 April 2018 diff hist +100 Argument from authority →Who Are the Experts?: Slight alteration. This paragraph needs more work~~~~
- 20:22, 10 April 2018 diff hist +870 Argument from authority →Who Are the Experts?: The section needs a clarification like this, although I don't think I got it quite right. Will have another look later.~~~~
- 11:35, 6 April 2018 diff hist -3 m Argument from authority Grammar~~~~
- 11:34, 6 April 2018 diff hist -5 m Argument from authority Another small change. Don't use "valid" and "invalid" in descriptions of non-deductive reasoning. Christ. This is critical thinking 101.~~~~
- 11:32, 6 April 2018 diff hist +2 m Argument from authority Minor reformulation
- 11:30, 6 April 2018 diff hist -8 m Argument from authority Removed the word "logical". It's misleading in the context (arguments from authority are not deductive arguments).~~~~
- 11:25, 6 April 2018 diff hist +9 Argument from authority Trying to clean this article up some more. Much of it has evidently - and somewhat ironically - been written by someone with little relevant expertise.~~~~
- 21:42, 5 April 2018 diff hist +128 Argument from authority Changing formulations (removing a misuse of the term "Bayesian").~~~~
- 13:10, 5 April 2018 diff hist -45 Argument from authority →Forms: This section was a mess, too. I'll have to continue improving this article.~~~~
- 11:32, 5 April 2018 diff hist +651 A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism →B: Added some links and footnotes~~~~
- 11:20, 5 April 2018 diff hist +1,390 A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism →B: Added a few. Note that the information is possibly dated (copied from old notes for the entry written back in 2012).
- 11:13, 5 April 2018 diff hist +9,076 A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism →The List: Add in the names that went missing in some previous edit. There was originally information about all of them, too, but that may have gone missing. Info is a bit dated!~~~~
- 11:04, 5 April 2018 diff hist -124 Argument from authority →Examples: Removed a dumb sentence probably added by a troll to muddy the waters~~~~
- 10:55, 5 April 2018 diff hist +1 m Argument from authority →Why You Should Defer to Authority (Correct Uses): Just a cosmetic change
- 10:53, 5 April 2018 diff hist +6,751 Argument from authority Ok, this article needs substantial revision and editing. I have just started (reorganization and adding a substantial section on "why defer to experts")). Hopefully I'll find time to work on it further~~~~
- 08:40, 5 April 2018 diff hist +5 m Argument from authority →Appeal to no authority: Don't use "validity" when you are not talking about deductive reasoning!
- 08:38, 5 April 2018 diff hist -1 m Argument from authority →Non-fallacious: Same as elsewhere. "Validity" is the wrong term
- 08:37, 5 April 2018 diff hist +7 m Argument from authority →Alternative names: Same as elsewhere. Using "validity" here is an amateurish category mistake and undermines the legitimacy of the article.
- 08:35, 5 April 2018 diff hist +12 m Argument from authority →Forms: Same as above. Appeals to authority provide inductive strength, not deductive guarantees. Calling such argument valid or invalid is a category mistake
- 08:32, 5 April 2018 diff hist +151 m Argument from authority →Appeal to self-authority: Useful reminder (could expand upon this at a later occasion)
- 08:28, 5 April 2018 diff hist -14 m Argument from authority Appeals to authority, even when legit, are not logically valid! The assertion that they are is directly contradicted by the link, and the following statement. Good grief.
- 05:30, 19 December 2015 diff hist +1,978 RationalWiki:Duplicate articles →From AFD
- 01:26, 15 December 2015 diff hist +2,114 RationalWiki:Duplicate articles →From AFD
- 16:56, 13 December 2015 diff hist +168 RationalWiki:Duplicate articles →From AFD
- 16:42, 13 December 2015 diff hist +642 RationalWiki:Duplicate articles →From AFD: A merger would be abysmally stupid
- 14:42, 15 June 2014 diff hist +7 m A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism →B: Incidentally noticed that Bass just died, so made an update
- 20:53, 1 December 2013 diff hist +4 m A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism →S: Add bluelink
- 14:09, 28 September 2013 diff hist +73 CMI list of scientists alive today who accept the biblical account of creation →The list: update on Slusher
- 00:38, 31 July 2013 diff hist +344 Texas Board of Education →The aftermath, 2010 to present
- 07:30, 24 May 2013 diff hist +5 m Jim Inhofe →Inhofe on climate change: A few commas
- 20:53, 23 May 2013 diff hist +3,990 Jim Inhofe Added a section - it is needed, though I hope someone who knows more about it can contribute as well
- 17:42, 21 March 2013 diff hist 0 m Gary North →External links: Actually, this was the right one
- 17:41, 21 March 2013 diff hist 0 m Gary North →External links: Fix link
- 17:00, 21 March 2013 diff hist +18 Crust displacement →Later writers: Correct a confusion
- 15:50, 14 March 2013 diff hist +51 m A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism →N: adjustment
- 15:43, 14 March 2013 diff hist +463 A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism →N: Update on Newman