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In Heaven We’ll All Be Sociopaths “One question I see tossed around sometimes is how people could be happy in heaven knowing that their loved ones are suffering in hell. It may seem odd, but I never even thought of this problem as an evangelical. It wasn’t until later that I came upon it, already an atheist myself. Curious, I decided to look up ( Read more... )

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Dueling Magical Negros on Vimeo Looks like Morgan Freeman wasn’t available.
(tags: magical negro dueling funny race comedy) What The Fuck Is My Wearable Strategy? “MONEYCLIP THAT POSTS TO FACEBOOK WHEN YOU NEED A SHIT” “TEMPORARY TATTOO THAT TWEETS WHEN YOU HAVE NIGHTMARES”
(tags: funny humour technology wearable strategy) Allah vs atheism: ‘Leaving ( Read more... )

The Course of Their Lives - JSOnline A fascinating series of articles on the experiences of medical students dissecting a body during their training, interspersed with the reflections of someone leaving her body to the medical school. Via Mefi.
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The Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang Ted Chiang’s short about memory, time and loss. It’s also an alien first contact story.
(tags: heptapod story science-fiction time ted-chiang sci-fi language first-contact memory) Cambridge: Poles apart Why Warsaw beats Cambridge Blog Mike Levy “A weekend in Warsaw made me think about Cambridge at night. In ( Read more... )

Making Light: Victory to the People A history of the development of the Biblical canon, recounted as if it were fan fiction.
(tags: canon religion bible nicea) Can You Call a 9-Year-Old a Psychopath? - NYTimes.com No, but you can note that some of them are Callous-Unemotional and may grow up to be psychopaths.
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Heresy Corner: The Gospel According to David Cameron Shooting fish in a barrel, but still fun.
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Richard Dawkins is in the news again, for his twits on Twitter pointing out that Trinity College has produced more Nobel prizewinners than Islam. While he accepts that Muslims were great shakes in the Middle Ages, they haven’t done much science lately, apparently. By saying this, Dawkins has caused a bit of a stir.

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Shock and Law | The Tab Cambridge "The Red Tops are blowing the law exam way out of proportion, says CHRIS ROWLANDS. He’s seen things you can’t even imagine."
(tags: law funny newspapers cambridge-university exam) National Trust - Nature’s Playground » The Click Design Consultants I saw these signs in local National Trust places recently: they look ( Read more... )