Monthly Archives: September 2011
A Very Special Day
On this day, 22 years ago, the world changed forever. In the future, the distant ancestors of humanity will sound trumpets from their homes all across the galaxy and will remember the most important day in the history of the … Continue reading
What’s Up With Faith?
[I've been doing lots of posts on religion lately, but it's sort of a coincidence. This blog isn't going to devolve into a tirade on religion. I guess I've just had a few thoughts running through my head on this … Continue reading
My “De-Conversion” Story
Most atheists that I’ve met were religious at some point in their lives. They either stopped because it didn’t make sense or an incident caused them to be skeptical and God couldn’t withstand skeptical scrutiny. I’m not sure if I … Continue reading
Check out Hawking at TED
Not much to say other than Hawking is a bad ass. If you haven’t read any of his books, I highly recommend picking one up. My favorite (I’ve only read a few) is A Briefer History of Time. If you … Continue reading
Why Are You An Atheist?
In this article, Faith No More, Andrew Zak Williams asked public figures why they believe don’t believe in God. The article was written on the 25th of July, this year. The link above will take you to the full article, which … Continue reading
The Fine-Tuning Argument
I think Dr. Tyson might be a little too hard on Earth, but his point is solid enough to support my argument. Obviously the Earth has the requisite conditions for life, or we wouldn’t all be here (This is called … Continue reading
Logical Fallacies 101: The Appeal to Ignorance
This is perhaps the most formidable of all the logical fallacies, or at least on of the most annoying. This happens whenever anyone says that you can’t prove that their claim is false, therefore the claim is true. This tactic … Continue reading
Phil Plait – Science Fair
The following text comes from this page. I will copy the full text here (it isn’t that long) so you don’t have to go through the trouble of clicking. What Phil talks about here goes right along with my last … Continue reading
Adam Savage: Science Lesson!
A short video from Mythbuster Adam Savage. I met him at TAM 8, but I’m talking in the picture so I won’t post it. He’s just as cool in person as he is on the show. Anyway, this clip is … Continue reading
The Magic of Reality
Yesterday’s post reminded me that Dawkins has a new book coming out called the Magic of Reality: How We Know What’s Really True. Apparently it’s already out in the UK, but we Yanks get to wait until October 4th. I … Continue reading
