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Quest West

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:03:45 +0100

Quest West: The Sacramenton Bee has an interesting article on Camp Quest West.

I think the article gives the wrong impression of this camp. It’s not just “an atheist camp”. It’s so much more than that. It’s a…

Simply. Awesome.

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:27:22 +0100

Simply. Awesome.: Words are totally inadequate for describing the epic win contained in the following video. Sit back, relax, crank up the volume and observe… this is how it’s done:

Rape: a non-correction from the Telegraph

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:08:16 +0100

Rape: a non-correction from the Telegraph: The media is a game-like world of blurry truths, where the vague narrative shape of a story matters more than clarity, accuracy and evidence. Three weeks ago the Daily Telegraph published an…

the pledge without 'under god'

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:26:26 +0100

the pledge without 'under god': from the video description:

‘clips from the 1939 porky pig cartoon “old glory”
notice how “under god” is not in the pledge,neither in the book he’s reading,or when he recites it.
thats because…

more than a legend

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:26:26 +0100

more than a legend: a little bit of change goes a long way.

via pharyngula

why are there till chimpanzees?

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:26:26 +0100

why are there till chimpanzees?: i like these videos — richard dawkins goes through a bunch of misunderstandings about science and evolution.

this time, ‘if we’re descended from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?’

ruby squared

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:26:25 +0100

ruby squared:
like it? click it!
out of all the custom shaped bokeh i’ve tried, i think i like the simplicity of square the best. you can find a recipe for custom shapes on my snowberries photo.

White Men Can't Judge

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:58:56 +0100

White Men Can't Judge:

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There is a family resemblance

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:28:20 +0100

There is a family resemblance:

Here’s an interesting use of tweening: take 5 fossil skulls, use the computer to interpolate between them, and animate the results. 3.5 million years just fly by in 5 minutes.

(The sound track…

Sophisticated theology

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:28:18 +0100

Sophisticated theology:

Someday, someone will be able to tell me what distinguishes the theology of Wiley Drake from the theology of any random con man.

Read the comments on this post…

The Disco Institute has a new hack

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:28:17 +0100

The Disco Institute has a new hack:

And following the lead of all past hires by that eminent institute of advanced ideology, Ann Gauger doesn’t understand biology or logic. She does have a Ph.D. in a relevant field, but it just…

I am happy to see the classics updated

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:28:16 +0100

I am happy to see the classics updated:

(via io9)

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What caused the Cambrian explosion? MicroRNA!

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:28:15 +0100

What caused the Cambrian explosion? MicroRNA!:

No, not really — my title is a bit of a sensationalistic exploitation of the thesis of a paper by Peterson, Dietrich, and McPeek, but I can buy into their idea that microRNAs (miRNAs) may…

Open thread for general revilement

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:28:15 +0100

Open thread for general revilement:

I’ve just seen Mooney and Kirshenbaum’s latest eruption of petulance, and I also see that people are commenting away in various threads here. I really can’t get to it until later, and I can’t say…

Any 5 year olds want to explain the problem to the Discovery Institute?

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:28:14 +0100

Any 5 year olds want to explain the problem to the Discovery Institute?:

Stephen Meyer of the Discovery Institute has published an opinion piece in the Boston Globe in which he makes a rather anachronistic argument for ID: Thomas Jefferson was a supporter. I knew the…

Good TV

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:28:13 +0100

Good TV:

I must thank the reader known to me only as CAC for sending me DVDs of the Inside Nature’s Giants programs. I’ve been enjoying the dissections of an elephant and a whale in the evening — most of…

The Contributions of Freethinkers: Zora Neale Hurston

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:11:45 +0100

The Contributions of Freethinkers: Zora Neale Hurston: I’ve been reading this essay from Sikivu Hutchinson in the L.A. Watts Times, which calls on black atheists to come out of the closet while acknowledging the difficulties they face in doing so. The…

But For Religion...

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:30:58 +0100

But For Religion...:

Image by Getty Images via Daylife

In the legal arena, discussions of criminal responsibility often include statements such as, “But for the effects of alcohol, Mr. Jones never would…

The 10 Conditions of Love: China tries to block film about Uyghur leader Rebiya Kadeer

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:06:49 +0100

The 10 Conditions of Love: China tries to block film about Uyghur leader Rebiya Kadeer:

A Chinese cultural attache in Melbourne Australia, Chunmei Chen, recently contacted the director of the Melbourne International Film Festival in an effort to have The 10…

How Come I Like Stories About The Supernatural So Much?

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:38:11 +0100

How Come I Like Stories About The Supernatural So Much?: I know one thing, I do not accept that any supernatural occurrence has happened anywhere in the universe, anytime. Are supernatural occurrences possible? I guess anything in possible. But anything…