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No matter what MTV tells you (Rock the Vote), your vote simply does not matter. Voting is a waste of time and effort. This has become clearer to the general public over the last few decades. Here are some selections from articles indicating as such that are easily digestible by the teeming masses. The [...]  Tags: don't matter, dubner, freakonomics, levitt, skeptoid, study, votes, voting Category: Keys to UnderstandingThis is an amazing piece written by athiest Edwin Kagin. There is a lot of important information crammed into this eloquent (and correct!) envisioning of this famous response. It should be noted that Mr. Kagin writes with a humorist edge. His writing is solid, educational, amusing, and does not pull punches. Dear Virginia, No, [...] Tags: atheist, beauty, belief, christmas, kagin, reality, virginia Category: Keys to Understanding, Silly ReligionHave you heard of the No True Scotsman logical fallacy? Here’s how it goes. Suppose you are arguing with somebody about the benefits of science versus intuition as a valid source of information. Betty: “We don’t need science. Intuition is all we need because intuition is never wrong.” Fred: “I can provide you with [...] Tags: fallacy, goalpost, intuition, logic, logical, Science, scotsman, special pleading, true Category: Keys to Understanding, UncategorizedPretty much everything you think about so-called “organic” food (all food is chemically organic) is wrong. Organically grown food is nutritionally identical to food produced by conventional farming. Why would you willingly pay more for designer food that is identical to normal food? The answer, of course, is marketing. You have been told for [...] Tags: borlaug, food, genetically, herbicides, modified, organic, pesticides, save Category: Keys to Understanding, Science RulesThe world needs more of this. I’m not sure what else to say, really. We just need more. The masses need to know that there is little need to believe in magic today. Some people claim to be “spiritual” simply as an antidote to our materialistic world, and that is perfectly fine. But you [...] I normally don’t reply to comments to the controversial stuff on my blog for a number of reasons: hardly anyone reads my blog, it almost never accomplishes anything useful, it takes me an awfully long time to come up with a reasonable response. However, considering the nature and thoughtfulness of the comments received regarding [...] Step 1) Own a Metal Detector – Okay, I do. Step 2) Obtain permission to detect from land owners – Okay, that’s possible. Step 3) Live somewhere with an enormous amount of history – Darn. There’s a time and place for everything right? Well, I suppose as far as the United States is concerned, [...] “The Week” magazine is a wonderful resource for tidbits of religiosity in the name of evil and greed. It doesn’t focus on this kind of reporting, it just so happens that religion is so often the genesis[sic] of such things. This week, because of the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme news, “The Week” ran a [...] I’ve come to realize that there are many other people and organizations who are much better informed and coherent than I could ever hope to be. Therefore, within the realm of my personal desire spread fact and open minds, I will leave it to the experts. I’m going to use this space to support [...] “So many Gods, so many creeds, So many paths that wind and wind, When just the art of being kind Is all this sad world needs.” Courtesy of the wonderful Freedom From Religion Foundation. On a side note, a sign displaying this message was stolen from the Legislative Building in Olympia, Washington as [...] |
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