There’s a webcomic almost entirely like any other I follow that deals with topics often encountered by skeptics. Yesterday’s strip was about the Pumpkin Spice Latte and toxins. He certainly gets nothing wrong, that I can see, but I have a tiny bit to add. Saying something is “toxic” is almost meaningless, because essentially everything … More The Woo of Toxicity (Plus a Bit about Cancer)
Tonight, I’m going out to discuss this article at a group I personally like better than last night’s (familiarity might be part of that; also, tonight’s group is smaller, which is better for deep discussion). As far as I can tell, the point of this article is to say that we should choose to act … More Evolution or Emergence: Freedom and Paradox on a Saturated Beach
I’m about to head out to a group to talk about whether there’s an afterlife. On the meetup page, someone posted two links about reincarnation. Here’s the one, and here’s the other. My goal, of course, is to bring skepticism to the group (there are a couple other skeptics as well, but it was started … More Reincarnation and the Afterlife
Just a short, fun, true story today: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/fashion/how-apples-siri-became-one-autistic-boys-bff.html
This isn’t about depression, but I think the analogy is obvious. Check it out. I haven’t been handling my spoons well lately. We’ll see how long that can last – I wish I could motivate myself better to work on this blog.
This is mainly to point you to Neil Carter’s great article on the subject. I’ve definitely experienced a Level Two (Hobby Apologist) myself through facebook, and it was quite frustrating. It was like talking to a wall, and that wall kept reciting William Lane Craig as though he is worthy of quotation.
Over the weekend, I discovered Khan Academy. I decided to brush up on my elementary math skills, for some reason. The first thing that stood out to me was that the site uses the new Common Core methods of teaching math. I picked it up pretty easily (we’re talking 3rd grade and lower level math, … More New Common Core Math
Read more: http://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/blogs/why-a-29-year-old-woman-is-choosing-to-die-on-nov-1#ixzz3G46VADZA I have very little to add to this story, other than to emphasize one thing. The movement to allow death with dignity in more states is not saying everyone with a terminal illness should kill themselves. It’s saying they should have the option to die when they are ready, rather than suffering … More Why a 29-year-old woman is choosing to die on Nov. 1
My family is very concerned that my boyfriend is abusing me. Their reasoning is mainly that I don’t keep as close contact with family anymore, I’m supporting him financially, and I met him before I’d stopped believing Catholicism so it must be his fault. Of course, I don’t keep as close contact as I used to … More On Abuse and Christianity
More links today. I’ll eventually have to do another post about pets, as I bought two black gerbils, our mouse died, my boyfriend bought three more mice, and one of them had seven babies. So now we have 17 pets, at least until one dies unless he decides to sell or give away one of … More Vaccines, Tribalism, Goals, and Rosaries
The Complete History of the Universe: A Personal Journey 