So there’s this post over at Cognitive Daily, a post which i would have titled something more like how i titled this post. But that’s OK, they’re cognitive psychologists not marketers. God knows we need more people like them. I’m going to give a brief summary of what they’re reporting on before i get to [...]
Tagged moralityA common theme in living life is the slow, dawning realization that there are 6.6 billion other people out there, and that we are almost exactly alike. It’s hard to look at humanity and see yourself as something better than an ant, never mind being the best at something. And yet, everybody thinks they’re special. [...]
In the two days since my post on the topic of Siegel’s prejudiced essay, more (plenty more) has been said. So, i’m going to try and keep this brief and just touch on one thing that i feel hasn’t been said; which is excruciatingly difficult, every single sentence that tries to contain a fact is wrong! [...]
Lee Siegel from the LA Times doesn’t understand what the “latest rash” of atheists are doing. Despite that, he has written a piece in the LA Times in which he questions our techniques, language, and most importantly goals. I’m not just saying that he doesn’t understand us to be trite, or to cast facile aspersions [...]
If you’re wondering about this whole “end of history,” or so called “technological singularity” that some believe is probable within this century, you would do well to read this post about the quickening (it’s right underneath some weird comic) that doctor klomp hypothesized approximately 300,000 years ago. It bears remarkable resemblance to what is going [...]
First, new scientist reported on an experiment that really very strongly suggests that in some cases it is possible for photons to travel faster than the speed of light. Completely aside from the apparent oxymoron of saying that light traveled faster than itself, (being as “photon” is a word that means “unit of light”) this [...]
So, as previously mentioned, i have long wondered if anybody doesn’t believe that the earth orbits the sun–let alone the 20% or so that i’ve heard rumors of–and i decided to do something about it.
So now the results are in. Take a moment, think about it. What do you think the percentages are? I mean, [...]
I’ve heard multiple times (from reputable and semi-reputable sources such as blogs and newspapers, respectively) that up to 20% of various populations (most commonly french or american) believe that the sun orbits the earth.
I’ve never really believed it, so i created a facebook poll for 200 people who listed “the bible” in their favorite books [...]
Reading pharyngula, i came across this essay relating a doctors personal reasons for providing abortions. A quote, the same one as PZ uses because it’s the best:
“By 1967 I was a third year medical student, still with no visible means of support, and we were pregnant with our third child. It was the spring of [...]
This is an analysis of modern entertainment culture in terms of Plato’s allegory of the cave, and it owes a lot to a conversation i had with lily. As such, it will probably make more sense if you have read the allegory. (you’ll have to scroll down about 5 paragraphs to get to it. If [...]
