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Archive for August, 2007
26 Aug
Another “Why I’m an Atheist” Post
I know, aren’t you just sick of those?
My own reasoning goes as follows:
If a god exists, no one has shown it. Therefore I live in skepticism until such a time.
I’ve never seen evidence for any of the following assertions, that A) the existence of the natural world predicates the existence of a supernatural world, [...]
22 Aug
A Reduction
In the last post, I briefly mentioned the creationism propaganda film, “Expelled”, coming out in February 2008. In the interest of hilarity, I decided to peruse the movie’s official site. Here are some memorable bits which you might find amusing.
All over the world, Big Science is on the march, making sure that Neo-Darwinian Materialist Theory [...]
22 Aug
Dishonesty Seems to Be a Hallmark
Hey you, creationists. Let’s sit down and have a chat.
Now, usually you take the positions you do out of ignorance. You’re not stupid, you just don’t spend time looking at the facts. You give your trust willingly, but only selectively. Scientists, they’re untrustworthy. But pseudoscientists, no, they’re “rebels”. That’s all fine and good. Do whatever [...]
19 Aug
Oh, Now That’s Cold.
You may remember about a week ago when Representative Bill Sali of Idaho’s 1st District made these “This is a Christian nation”-type remarks:
We have not only a Hindu prayer being offered in the Senate, we have a Muslim member of the House of Representatives now, Keith Ellison from Minnesota. Those are changes — and they [...]
18 Aug
Image Retargeting
I found an interesting video detailing a new [well, new to me anyway] and surprisingly simple way to rescale images while retaining image quality. I’ll summarize the video if you don’t have time.
There are two basic things you can do to alter an image’s size, cropping and scaling. Both present difficulties when we want to [...]
17 Aug
Hegemony Thwarted
The Scientific Orthodoxy gathered today in Prague for an unprecedented emergency meeting. The cause of the uproar? An online publication some are calling the 95 Theses of the modern age.
About a week ago, parts of the offending documents, called The Journal of Creation, were put on the Web. The scientific community immediately spun into [...]
14 Aug
Stop, Psychoanalyze, and Listen!
I’m trying, really, really trying, to understand the contempt certain people have toward science. Why do they think the things they do? Why are certain sciences bad, and others okay? Let’s try and break it down; it’s psychoanalysis time! Some of these categories overlap, just so you know.
Young Earth Creationists (or YECs)
YECs believe that [...]
14 Aug
The Definition of Awesome
[EDIT: Here's another Victor Borge video that's simply too awesome for words.]
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