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not having seen or heard anything about Sucker Punch before, at first i had just snarked off a bit... my initial impression was basically, "ooh, shiny eyecandy! what's not to like? ...even if I'm going to laugh the whole way through because it's ( Read more... )

question base assumptions, skepticism, science, analogy, conflict, communication, dune, argument, understanding

yeah, i know what they say about winning an argument on the internet...

aethyrflux Jul 21, 2010 00:03

so, this self-professed "Rational and Reasonable Secular Humanist" guy on FB posts a comment about how terrible it is that this incident occurred (and it is indeed horrible ( Read more... )

skepticism, science

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more

aethyrflux May 26, 2010 02:16

i continually return to a belief that the fundamental structures for humans' success & happiness are so simple ( Read more... )

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obligatory rant: NLP, EFT, etc.

aethyrflux Jul 09, 2007 17:31

Recently, a number of my friends have been enjoying the benefits of NLP, EFT, & related techniques... and I can't remember with whom I have already shared this information; so I thought that I would just repost it here, ( to insure that everyone is aware of the facts, as far as I know them: )

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Bartzabel's squall forces "Harpoon" schooner to port...

aethyrflux Aug 18, 2004 16:54

It's been more than a decade since this was posted, and a couple of recent film releases warrant immediate attention for anyone interested in debunking the CoS ( Read more... )

thelema, scientology, jack parsons, skepticism, science, crowley

IFA (edited slightly, for the uninitiated)

aethyrflux Apr 09, 2003 07:38

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Mrs. Warrens's Profession

aethyrflux Mar 21, 2003 15:40

Last night, I went to see Mrs. Warrens's Profession, by George Bernard Shaw ( Read more... )

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