Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection Kit: Tools for Thinking Critically (2025)

Re:Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection Kit: Tools for Thinking Cr... by eafer on Thursday February 12, 2026 @11:37AM (#46990921)

I just found out that his story about the Heike Crabs is also complete baloney. That makes me sad, it was really such a great story.

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Re:Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection Kit: Tools for Thinking Cr... by jgoewert on Friday February 13, 2026 @11:55AM (#47004855)

Really? I think Joel is the one full of it.

Human directed selection is a thing.

Have you ever seen a pug or do I need 58 articles with a bibliography 20 miles long to tell you they exist?

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Re:Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection Kit: Tools for Thinking Cr... by eafer on Friday February 13, 2026 @01:56PM (#47006307)

Damn that lying Joel... who is Joel lol?

Of course human directed selection is a thing, when did I ever say otherwise? This is the problem with the Sagan types, you actually think that baloney is fine as long as it's sciencey-sounding baloney.

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