September 2011
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“Let me just tell you something— for hundreds and thousands of years, this...”
– Christopher Hitchens
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Attack of the Brain-Controlling Parasites →
A summary of brain-controlling parasites, from insects to fish, cats and rats.
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Arguing With Philosophers
I keep finding that when I try and have a discussion with a philosopher, and he/she gets backed into a corner, the person often resorts to wordiness and obscurity to escape. I just debated philosophy of science and scientific atheism with a philosophy graduate student, who tried to convince me that science and theology were no different because they are based on untestable axioms. I had to...
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A True Scientist →
A telling anecdote about Richard Feynman at his young wife’s deathbed, showing his true nature as a scientist. This is how you ignore coincidence despite overwhelming feelings to the contrary.
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““Under pressure from businesses and Republican lawmakers, the...”
– http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre7816vg-us-usa-obama-epa-health/
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From Lowly Origins
False impressions about scientific theories are pervasive throughout society, as most of us are well aware. People cringe at hearing “genetically modified food”, not realizing where a malnourished majority of the world receive their life-saving vitamins. Global warming is touted as fraud, and stem cell research has been stymied for years. The list is large and growing still. Well-funded political...
August 2011
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Space Photos Discover Tombs/Treasure/Pyramids in...
“Seventeen lost pyramids!” exclaimed Kathlyn Cooney, an assistant professor of Egyptology at the University of California at Los Angeles. “That would be one of the most important discoveries in the last 100 years. That’s amazing.”
Cooney was referring to a series of infrared images and high-resolution photographs taken from a satellite suspended 700 kilometres above Egypt, in a project...
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bangabitch asked: you by far the coolest person on this thing. i love your stuff.
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Anonymous asked: Since you think there is such an inordinate amount of bias against the synonyms for Christians and atheists, what do you propose to replace them with? What is synonymous with "Christian" or "atheist" other than the things listed? Or do you just mean you want to project your bias into the synonyms, instead of the actual etymological and social contexts?
