It’s been a while since the last, mostly because I haven’t been reading that many new books, but I just had to put this one in here. When we did that “All Hallows Read” thing for Halloween, The Girlfriend had procured a fine selection of books, for all age groups, by shopping through the […]
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November 16th, 2018 | Tags: be a good little idiot, Dinosaurs for Kids, evangelism, Ken Ham, lying for jesus, mindless assertion, religious indoctrination, truth, young-earth creationism | Category: Book Review, Critical Thinking, Science & Evolution |
 Leave a commentNo, I’m not dying; we’re referring here, yet again, to the ol’ philosophical arguments about free will. Even worse, this may not be the last despite the implications of the title, but c’mon, I haven’t done one in a while so you can’t complain. This one was inspired by re-reading a post from five […] October 18th, 2018 | Tags: determinism, emotions, free will, I'm reprogramming your mind and you can't do anything about it, physics, where there's a will there's a way so there's no way | Category: Critical Thinking, Reference, Science & Evolution |
Leave a commentWhen and how, exactly, did coins begin to be called, “change?” I’m guessing it had something to do with the only thing you could change a paper bill into. But that’s not what I’m here to type about. I haven’t done a philosophical/existential post in a long time, mostly because I wasn’t coming across […] This week, the folder selection for our archive digital shots is ‘Space.’ If you’re viewing this image and thinking it doesn’t look very spacey, well, how you could be so ignorant? Look again, you oblivious savage. Those structures are launch pads 39-A and 39-B at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, the very […] Courtesy: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA Okay, okay, it’s cheating, I know, since I’ve featured this very same moon before, taken by the very same probe as well. Of course, for the time being, there’s not a lot of choices in the latter department, since the Cassini probe was the only one […] This was originally going to be included in an earlier post, but it never fit in well with it and needed its own dedication, so let’s start with another frequently-seen internet meme that illustrates an all-too-common perspective: Hmmmmm. And what if I told you that you should stick to subjects you have the faintest […] Hmmmm, I have a choice between a rant semi-continued from another post, or a kinda-long exposition that explains some curious traits. What to do, what to do? I would like to give credit for this photo, but it’s one of the millions on the internet that were lifted from somewhere and make the rounds […] I’ve had this topic sitting in the background for quite a while now, waiting for me to sit down and put the thoughts into a more coherent narrative. I’m not saying that I succeeded, and it’s likely that further development of it will show up later on. Regardless, I wanted to bring up the […] And I like lava lamps. This video comes courtesy of NASA, and the Astronomy Picture of the Day. It’s an elaborate computer simulation based on satellite and weather data, and shows the wind activity in the north Atlantic just a few months ago, during the peak of hurricane season. It’s surprising to see […] |
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