Monday, October 03, 2005

The Problem with Joseph Farah

Joseph Farah has another column up about the study by Gregory S. Paul correlating the level of religiosity in a society with the level of social dysfunction.

His previous column is here.

Whereas in the previous column he essentially bloviated without saying anything, in this column he points out Dr. Paul's membership in the Council for Secular Humanism. While this may show that Dr. Paul has a bias, it isn't particularly helpful in refuting his claims.

On the other hand, both Steve Sailer here and here and Scott Gilbreath made arguments that showed actual flaws in the study. (Although Gilbreath also points out Paul's membership in the Council for Secular Humanism here).

That's the problem with Joseph Farah; even when he is right about an issue, he doesn't always argue with logic. This reduces his value as an ally considerably.

That is all.

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