The Straw Vulcan, Julia Galef Skepticon 4

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During filming, if a powerpoint slide is just a reiteration of what the speaker is saying, without any new information, I do not cut to it. If you are screaming, "What the fuck is on the projector!"... This is the answer.

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[johnnymanhands]

most curious ~raises eyebrow~

[sporkincarnate]

@EcstasyOfApostasy A logical viewpoint.

[lcky7strng]

One of your tags says "atehist" you might want to change it to the proper spelling.  But great lecture, thanks.

[Chiparoo]

@BennyOcean How so? You use rationality to make decisions, the only reason to make a decision is to reach a goal. In what context is rationality not applied to achieving a goal?

[BennyOcean]

Rationality is the method of achieving your goals? I think not.

[ozvulcan]

I found her arguments bankrupt.

[GaladedridDamodred]

This woman is amazing.

[Sairin13]

Fascinating.

[JohnnyKidder]

Somebody gotta send this to Zachary Quinto

[Roflcopter4b]

I actually noticed a lot of the moments she's pointing out from Star Trek as I was watching them as being pretty illogical. Good to see I was right.

[supersims796]

@TheAtheistSocialist Heh, sweet irony! She's talking about rationality, and you exibit none of it!