"Rationalism never made any sense to me."

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I saw this excellent and funny video in a friend's lj earlier today. The post was on many things (including the silliness of religion), but one of the things that I am interested in is those who say "Magick is a Science." There's always that maxim, "The Aim of Religion; the Method of Science ( Read more... )

Courtesy of solandra:

http://www.rationalistinternational.net/article/2008/20080310/en_1.html

This reminds me of the The Amazing Randi and his $1 million challenge, which he is stopping in just over a year. So far, according to him, there have only ( Read more... )

You know, I grew up in the "anti-evolution" camp (reading classics such as "From Goo to You by way of the Zoo"), so I like to think I have a unique view on this. I recall as a young brainwashed youth trying to convert my atheist father (the horror!) to the flaws of evolution, despite the fact that he has his Bachelor's degree in Biology. Talk ( Read more... )

Some great science articles, thanks to achadachad:

The Orgasmic Mind: The Neurological Roots of Sexual Pleasure
I was already familiar with much of the article, but there were definitely some interesting findings in this article. Also, the art on the front page of that article is just beautiful.

Affairs of the Lips: Why We KissAs I've never understood ( Read more... )

"186,000 miles per second isn't
just a good idea--it's the law."

I've long been convinced that the whole "nothing can travel faster than the speed of light" is a load of total bullshit, anyway. Science will prove me right, just maybe not in my lifetime.

But then again, I majored in Psych, Philosophy, and Comparative World Religions. Physics is ( Read more... )

This was originally brought up by gn0s1s_23's mentioning of wiki articles on fecund universe. Let me preface this post with a disclaimer that I'm not the most scientifically advanced mind I know. I have Hawking's "Universe in a Nutshell" and understood about a third to a half of it (although I did still finish the damn thing!), if that helps any. Having ( Read more... )