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Formal Systems, Playing Cards, and Con Men
on Oct 23, 2009 in Critical Thinking Math Philosophy Musings I play a lot of solitaire on my iPod Touch. It's seriously problematic at times; just ask my fiancee. Matter of fact, the gadget seems to exist mostly for three purposes: listening to podcasts, surfing the net, and playing solitaire.Over many hours I...
The Power of Miscommunication
on Oct 22, 2009 in Critical Thinking Musings Bullshit Skepticism To hear believers tell it, the world is awash with evidence for the truth of paranormal phenomena. Why, there are photographs of ghosts, alien spacecraft, and cryptids. There are even videos of all of the above. There's EVP, thermal imagine anomalies...
Monday eBay: The Dead Walk
on Oct 19, 2009 in Ebay Stuff Fisking Skepticism Monday eBay Humor Today, in celebration of the Halloween season and of the awesomeness of the movie Zombieland (seriously; go see it if you haven't yet), I searched eBay's "metaphysical" section for "zombie." I really didn't expect to find anything.I should have known...
The Dawkins Report
on Oct 14, 2009 in Meatspace Link Love ID/Creationism Sick Sad People Rants So I was at Richard Dawkins' lecture at Indiana University Monday night.It was certainly interesting.Like I said in my brief announcement post, I brought my bible in the hopes that he would sign it. He did not; he was only signing his books. I'm disa...
Dawkins!
on Oct 12, 2009 in Meatspace Religion I'm about to head out to see Richard Dawkins speak on his new book The Greatest Show on Earth at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN.I don't own the new book yet, and I read someone else's copy of The God Delusion, so I'm going to see if I can get...
To Whom It May Concern
on Oct 11, 2009 in Language Bullshit Rants Humor Dear People,Please stop capitalizing the words "atheist," "agnostic," and "skeptic." They are neither titles nor formal group designations. They are descriptors and nothing more. You make the rest of us look like wannabe religious folks when you capi...