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Too Many Tabs Tuesday

Here are a few things that caught my eye this past week… What are the best new products nobody knows about? (Quora) How We Die – Then and Now: Comparing Causes of Death, 1900 v. 2010 (Infographic) What Radiohead Song Always Moves You To Tears? (Reddit) How Poverty Taxes The Brain (Infographic) Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” […]

Posted 10 June 2014 § Censorship § Infographic § Jobs § Library § List § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Sad § Saskatchewan § UK § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

CMV: There’s Nothing Wrong with Language Death and Attempts at Revitalizing Dying Languages Are A Complete Waste of Time and Effort

I’ve got numerous sub-Reddits that I love including one called Change My View (r/changemyview) where people pose their positions on sensitive (and not-so-sensitive) topics and ask others to try to convince them to change their mind. And unlike debate on 99% of the Internet, the respondents are often successful in changing the view of the original poster! A recent questions […]

Posted 13 May 2014 § Travel § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Pale Blue Dot – Carl Sagan

This is beyond cool.  I love Carl Sagan and how he puts life into proper perspective… http://vimeo.com/22582065

Posted 24 April 2014 § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

What Is The Most Important Thing You’ve Learned About Leadership?

Below is the top voted answer, by former NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman, to the Quora question “What Is The Most Important Thing You’ve Learned About Leadership” (it’s worth clicking through for some of the other answers as well.) 1) Have a grand vision – Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO, CTO As a leader, you can inspire […]

Posted 03 April 2014 § Infographic § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § List § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Why Do Atheists Deny The Existence of God?

For the same reason we deny the existence of fire-breathing dragons.

Posted 23 March 2014 § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Time: The History and Future of Everything

I know my Atheist Advent series of technically over but I’ll share one final video I had bookmarked that I thought addressed one specific issue really well, namely that a big part of the reason that human are religious is that we simply fail to grasp the time scales involved in things like evolution and […]

Posted 26 December 2013 § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 22 – The “War” on Christmas: One Atheist’s Perspective

Every December, the stories about “The War on Christmas” pop up once again, like mole heads in a fair game – how various people in society – the politically correct, civil libertarians, atheists – are oppressing Christians by trying to neuter Christmas, make everyone say “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas”, and forego the holiday’s religious elements for commercial/secular ones (read […]

Posted 22 December 2013 § Humour § Video § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 21 – What Could Possibly Go Wrong

Posted 21 December 2013 § Humour § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 20 – The Greatest Bullshit Story Ever Told: God Loves You. He Loves You and He Needs Money!

Posted 20 December 2013 § Humour § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 19 – Charlie Brown Explains The (Real) Meaning of Christmas

Or on a similar note…   Or this…

Posted 19 December 2013 § Censorship § Humour § PopCulture § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,