"Find someone that's undeserving of your compassion and give it to them."
--Chris Picciolini, ex-white-supremacist,
who says that people who are doing monstrous things are simply broken and need help

If you don't stick to your values when they're being tested, they're not values: They're hobbies.
--Jon Stewart

This hypothesis may not be as well supported as evolution but there has been a lot of research since the 1970's that supports it ( Read more... )

Went to a science pub on body language 9/10/13 in Portland, OR. Notes from that lecture are behind the cut.
( CUT to notes )

( I've been thinking about this and here is where I land. )

This engineer (ironically named Mix) knew that the 4/20/10 BP oil geyser was bigger than the company had told the media, and they're arresting him for deleting 300 text messages on that subject. Not to be totally uppity but I KNEW at the time that the guesstimated amount was likely to be false and low. Anybody with half a brain knew the number ( Read more... )

Morality is moral
only when
it is voluntary
--Lincoln Steffens, journalist

As an atheist, I believe that all life is unspeakably precious, because it’s only here for a brief moment, a flare against the dark, and then it’s gone forever. No afterlives, no second chances, no backsies. So there can be nothing crueler than the abuse, destruction or wanton taking of a life. It is a crime no less than burning the Mona Lisa, for ( Read more... )

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/urizenus-sklar/understanding-conspiracy-_b_793463.html
Understanding Conspiracy: The Political Philosophy of Julian Assange
by Urizenus Sklar

thanks to skyojos for leading me to this ( Read more... )