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Wow, I just saw this post on atheist -- here's an excerpt: Recently, Hugh Laurie (who plays Dr. House) was on "Inside The Actors' Studio," and while discussing his background was asked about religion in his upbringing and now. He said that he is not a religious man, and gave the following awesome quote: I am a fan of science, I believe in science. ( Read more... )

How could I not post about this???

Several times recently, while listening to my local Air America radio station (or maybe it was KNX1070), I heard an ad for "Quantum Prayer Technology"! This morning I had the presence of mind to jot down their URL into my cellphone, and emailed it to myself to check out later. Well, now it's "later", and here's ( Read more... )

I may have to stop watching NUMB3RS.

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I've wanted to go for the last 3 years, and now I'm finally planning to attend the 4th:
James Randi Educational Foundation hosts
The Amazing Meeting 4
"Science in Politics and the Politics of Science.""We invite you to join James "The Amazing" Randi, Murray Gell-Mann, Nadine Strossen, the Mythbusters, Penn & Teller, Mac King, Jamy Ian Swiss, Phil ( Read more... )

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From a post in the atheist community:

Bridging the Chasm between Two Cultures (long)
an essay in The Skeptical Inquirer, by Karla McLaren

The OP wrote: Perhaps this is old news, but I was just pointed at it. An enormously prominent New Age guru repudiated the New Age movement and became a skeptic, and wrote a very thoughtful essay for The Skeptical ( Read more... )

Brain, Mind, & Consciousness - The Skeptics Society Annual Conference 2005 on what Nobel Laureate Francis Crick called "The Greatest Unsolved Problem in Biology", will be held next weekend (May 13-15) in Pasadena CA, at Caltech and at the Westin Hotel. And James Randi will be appearing too ( Read more... )