Cosmic Variance covers CrackerGate and the notorious PZ Myers.

Personally, I think PZ wants to go a bit far, even though I think they are just crackers too.

There are many on the dark road that one walks alone. The tired shuffle of feet in an endless loop of one foot after the other . . . always moving, but going nowhere. The vacuous gaze of eyes to heavy to rise up from the foggy ground. The subtle moan from an enduring pain that requires too much effort to convert into a scream. The constant ( Read more... )

"But The Pharmacy of the Future suggests that the more we learn about ourselves, the less free we will be. A scientific understanding of man is a threat to our freedom because it undermines our capacity to govern our own lives by making decisions. If man is just a bag of chemicals, once we know what these chemicals are, we can re-mix them at will."

Man, I love Sinfest. I really like the emphasis on the cluelessness of the consumer zombies.

One of my more obvious OCD symptoms is a repetitive ritual where I check to see that I have set my alarm clock. There are three settings: off, music, and buzzer. My ritual involves turning the alarm setting to the OFF position and then setting it to music, and then testing the volume of the music with the 'radio on' button. I know it sounds ( Read more... )

Yes, it was a crazy Morrowind day. I was attacked by zombies, fought my first Ascended Sleeper (Cthulu anyone?) and saw the writing on the wall.

Ever think about the choices you make? How about those things that influence those choices? We already know it's possible to influence the choices people make without them being fully aware of it, but what they are talking about here takes it to the next level. If you can identify biases in the decision-making process of individuals, you can use ( Read more... )

How much are our actions influenced by Groupthink? Yeah, like we would ever follow people who do not know what they are doing . . . wait, there's a management joke in there somewhere, I just know it.

Just finished watching The God Who Wasn't There and learned something that I didn't know even during my days as a fundie . . .

31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men ( Read more... )

Ha ha, brilliant!

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