Don’t ever do anything, in case your motives are Impure

A silly thought.

Jeremy Stangroom @PhilosophyExp

Blimey, online warriors don’t half love the frisson of collective outrage. My advice is be deeply suspicious of it (and them).

I figure that’s about Ofek and DN Lee and Scientific American, if only because Stangroom monitors Freethought blogs and especially mine so closely. But then why would it be necessary to be deeply suspicious of outrage about it? Why is it wrong to be outraged about it? [Read more…]