Stories tagged with "belief systems"

Open Thread for "Peak Oil is 'A Waste of Energy'" NYTimes Article

Posted by Nate Hagens on August 25, 2009 - 10:55am
Topic: Geology/Exploration
Tags: belief systems, michael lynch [list all tags]

Today the NYTimes ran an Op-ed by Michael Lynch once again pointing out the "fallacious thinking behind the concept of Peak Oil."

TheOilDrum staff is considering a rebuttal to this article, though if we go point by point to Mr. Lynch it will be a bit like Monty Python skit, "The Argument Clinic", given he didn't posit many facts. Below the fold are some brief points followed by an open thread for you to deposit your own.



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A Few Thoughts on Religions and on Belief Systems

Posted by Gail the Actuary on March 29, 2009 - 9:55am
Topic: Sociology/Psychology
Tags: belief systems, religion [list all tags]

I am not an expert on Religions or on Belief Systems, but I am often struck by a couple of things:

1. How much the various secular belief systems have in common with religious belief systems.

2. How important aspects other than beliefs are to the systems.

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"I Don't Know"

Posted by Nate Hagens on March 22, 2009 - 8:38am in The Oil Drum: Campfire
Topic: Miscellaneous
Tags: belief systems, campfire, original, planck problem [list all tags]


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