Comments for Rbutr In The Classroom? at http://www.randi.org/site , comment 1 to 8 out of 8 comments http://www.randi.org/site Sat, 25 May 2013 19:02:05 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1878-rbutr-in-the-classroom.html#comment-26064 Aegist, excellent points, I agree wholeheartedly. :) My pessimistic view of a religious fundamentalist's version of RBUTR would reflect their worldview and how they often reject any opposing view. The RF's version of RBUTR would be edited and cherry picked so they could "prove" that their distorted version of reality was the "inerrant truth" as they like to say. :'( In an odd coincidence, Newsweek magazine just announced that they are going to end their print edition next year. I guess they didn't get the miracle they were expecting after printing that ca-ca-crazy story about heaven! :D - Willy K Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:26:35 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1878-rbutr-in-the-classroom.html#comment-26062 [quote]Alas, the pessimist in me sees a religious fundamentalist version of RBUTR sooner or later.[/quote] Unlike most other skeptic tools out there, rbutr is not really made for [i]skeptics [/i]to use. It is made for [i][b]everyone [/b][/i]to use. It is only a skeptic tool in so far as skeptics tend to immediately understand the inherent value in challenging claims through rational discourse and actively want to do so. This is what rbutr is all about, allowing internet users to follow inter-website discussions. So any young earth creationist is already free to use rbutr to add YEC rebuttals to rbutr. We neither try to stop this from happening, nor discourage it. We don't even want them voted down. What we want, is the best YEC creationist rebuttals ever written. And we then want the best rebuttals of those rebuttals ever written, and so on, until the BEST discussion between the YEC community and the Science community ever had is easily followable by everyone who uses rbutr. By doing this, rbutr is an objective tool which allows different camps to present their arguments to the best of their ability, and no one can easily dismiss it as another biased source pushing an agenda. - Aegist Thu, 18 Oct 2012 04:56:28 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1878-rbutr-in-the-classroom.html#comment-26061 "Do they believe in editors?" You no like my literary impressionism? :) What I was trying to do was "paint an emotion" with words, and not convey information. (You're right, that's a doozy of a sentence. Oops.) Garyg: Thanks for the heads up. Apparently joombla is rotten at handling links. I'll let them know. - rjblaskiewicz Thu, 18 Oct 2012 04:19:54 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1878-rbutr-in-the-classroom.html#comment-26060 The link to Gorski's review has an extra quote mark which produces a 404 - garyg Thu, 18 Oct 2012 00:36:10 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1878-rbutr-in-the-classroom.html#comment-26059 [i]Many of my fellow writing teachers take strong exception to the notion that student work is being used to build up a resource that a company that charges for access, as is the case of turnitin.com.[/i] Do they believe in editors? ;) - Stanfr Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:24:56 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1878-rbutr-in-the-classroom.html#comment-26057 I do hope that skeptics do give it a try. If we could tap one tenth the intelligence and experience on the JREF forums, we'd be well on our way to having a robust rbutr system. - rjblaskiewicz Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:00:40 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1878-rbutr-in-the-classroom.html#comment-26056 Back on topic.! RBUTR is a fascinating development. I found Sam Harris's rebuttal of that ca-ca-crazy story on the cover of Newsweek about the MD who had a disease that destroyed parts of his brain and now he "knows" that the mythical heaven exits. Maybe he never heard of Ellen White? Alas, the pessimist in me sees a religious fundamentalist version of RBUTR sooner or later. - Willy K Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:42:18 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1878-rbutr-in-the-classroom.html#comment-26055 [quote]1 hr 39 min 50 sec The mocking of SPIRITS! [/quote] Can we change that to the DRINKING of spirits? ;D - Willy K Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:25:47 +0100