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Waiting to be known.

Christopher Sisk — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:53:56 +0000

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. – Carl Sagan

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When Galaxies Collide

Christopher Sisk — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:46:41 +0000

Felicia Day *swoon* (and Sean Astin) try to educate the public about colliding galaxies in this hilarious NASA PSA for the Spitzer Space Telescope.

There are a lot of great little inside jokes in there. “What in the name of Joss Whedon?” And Felicia makes a wonderful point:

It just goes to show you don’t have to make up explosions or doomsday scenarios to make science interesting. Astronomy is pretty interesting on its own.

Via: The Bad Astronomer

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‘A Universe From Nothing’ by Lawrence Krauss, AAI 2009

Christopher Sisk — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:40:54 +0000

This is a fantastic and entertaining talk by Lawrence Krauss from the 2009 Atheist Alliance International on current cosmology, the nature and ultimate fate of our universe.

Lawrence Krauss has been one of my favorite speakers since I watched his talk from the first Beyond Belief in 2005. It’s amazing how much information the man can pack into one lecture. My favorite line:

Why is there something rather than nothing? … There has to be. In quantum mechanics, if you have nothing, you’ll always get something.

Via: The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science

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The inconceivable nature of nature

Christopher Sisk — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:02:27 +0000

But you gotta stop and think about it … to really get the pleasure about the complexity; the inconceivable nature of nature. – Richard Feynman

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We Are All Connected

Christopher Sisk — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:57:33 +0000

Symphony of Science has done it again. This time with appearances by Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Bill Nye.

Check out their previous video, grab MP3 and FLAC files of the songs as well as video downloads at their website.

[Symphony of Science]

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Post tags: astronomy, bill nye, Carl Sagan, education, neil degrasse tyson, richard feynman, Science, symphony of science, Videos

Surrounded by ignorance

Christopher Sisk — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:59:06 +0000

Just watch this… as the video progresses, try to NOT let your mouth hang open in disbelief.

Oh… My… God! Now, I know many people are genuinely ignorant of things that don’t really affect them in their day-to-day lives. But really, America? This level of ignorance is just absurd. Apparently there are people living among us who don’t know how many sides a triangle has and don’t see something wrong on a map where the entire country of Australia is labeled “Iran” or “North Korea”.We also seem to have had THREE world wars and Hiroshima and Nagasaki are only famous for sumo wrestling.

Wow.

Via: Unrelated TechCrunch post.

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Post tags: education, Humanism, Ignorance, News, public education, Science, Skepticism, The Chaser’s War On Everything, trivia, USA, Videos

Sarah Silverman has a great idea

Christopher Sisk — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:13:44 +0000

Sell the Vatican, feed the world.

Brilliant!

A Glorious Dawn

Christopher Sisk — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:18:43 +0000

This is just chock full of awesomeness.

Via: Pharyngula

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Post tags: Carl Sagan, cosmos, mashup, music video, Science

Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort are giving away copies of ‘Origin of Species’

Christopher Sisk — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:01:16 +0000

So, banana man and his right hand guy will be giving away some 50,000 copies of Charles Darwin’s ‘Origin of Species’ at universities across the country. There’s only one problem.

Each copy will include a 50 page intro attempting to explain how evolution has never been proven and how Darwin helped inspire the Holocaust.

This is sad and pathetic at the same time. But something good can come of this.

If you are in college, then you are in a good position to help. Check your campus on November 19th, and if you see a group distributing copies of the book, then get as many as you can. Get a copy for yourself, ask if you can have extra copies for your friends, ask your friends to go ask for copies, and ask other people you see carrying the book if you can have their copy. Remove the 50 page intro, and then donate perfectly good copies of ‘Origin of Species’ to schools, libraries, and Goodwill. We can actually make this into something positive.

I guess the banana wasn’t enough proof after all.

You can watch this video for more information.

Via: Richard Dawkins

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Post tags: Atheism, banana man, charles darwin, education, evolution, Humanism, kirk cameron, origin of species, ray comfort, Religion

Bill Maher: Biblically Incorrect (Audio)

Christopher Sisk — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:38:48 +0000

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What constitutes a Bible-based marriage?

Christopher Sisk — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:15:26 +0000

Mrs. Betty Bowers makes it easy.

Via: Atheist Media Blog

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Everything is amazing and nobody is happy

Christopher Sisk — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 07:49:55 +0000

Comedian Louis C.K. reminds us just how much modern technology we take for granted.

Links in case embedding gets cut off: here and here

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God: The Computer

Christopher Sisk — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:21:08 +0000

A very humorous take on Genesis as a 1980’s computer program.

Whoever created this, it’s hilarious. Day 6 is particularly brilliant.

Via: Daily Cup of Tech

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Isaac Asimov – The Answer for Humanity (1989)

Christopher Sisk — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:25:19 +0000

Isaac Asimov delivers a keynote speech for the Humanist Institute’s 1st Annual Meeting on January 14, 1989. The topics lay an interesting parallel with current events. It’s almost like nothing’s happened in all this time.

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The Arrival Of Homo Evolutis

Christopher Sisk — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:38:36 +0000

In this humorous and inspirational talk, Juan Enriquez discusses the present state and future advances awaiting the human species.

Via: TED

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