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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Palestine Is Still The Issue – John Pilger
Alright! I believe this is 10 of 13 of the John Pilger documentaries I’m watching and writing on. “Palestine Is Still The Issue” deals with the Palestine-Israel situation, ultimately siding with the Palestinians, suggesting that they are the underdogs and … Continue reading
Posted in Film, History, Politics, Religion, Thoughts
Tagged 6 Day War, Apartheid, atheism, Desmond Tutu, documentary, Gaza Strip, George Galloway, god, Intifada, Israel, John Pilger, Palestine, Patriotism, Rami Alhanan, Richard Rorty, Suicide bombing, Terrorism, West Bank
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Relativity of Wrong – Isaac Asimov
A couple of months ago, a friend of mine from Toronto was visiting and we got into a discussion about postmodernism (I guess). My friend, an English Lit major, was saying (I believe, although I’m sure I’ll butcher it here) … Continue reading
Posted in History, Philosophy, Science, Thoughts
Tagged isaac asimov, literary criticism, phlogiston, postmodernism, Science, truth
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MONKEYS
In a previous post of mine I posted a short video that showed some monkeys breaking open palm nuts with rocks. Well, I just recently stumbled upon where that video was taken from. The program is called “Natural World”, and … Continue reading
The Bible: Lego, LOLCat and Zombie versions
Lately I’ve been trying to keep up with the blog Bible365, in which the person has taken it upon themselves to read 1/365th of the bible (New International Version) every day for, you guessed it, 365 days. I’m not writing … Continue reading
Posted in Religion
Tagged Bible, Jesus, Lego, LOLCat, New Testament, Old Testament, Zombie
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My Likes and Dislikes of Nietzsche
I think if I were to list my 5 all time favourite philosophers, they would be (in no particular order): Nietzsche, Daniel Dennett, Peter Singer, Richard Rorty, and Hume (or Kant…shit that’s a tough one). For this post I think … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Religion, Thoughts
Tagged Antichrist, atheism, atheist, christianity, daniel dennett, Determinism, existentialism, god, Hume, Kant, morality, morals, Nietzsche, Peter Singer, Pragmatism, Psychology, Richard Rorty, will to power, zarathustra
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Gay Marriage Support by Age and State (2008)
Nothing to say, just found this graph informative/interesting: I found this figure from this Huffington Post article. I can’t find the source 😦
Too Much Ridiculous
Baby girl, after being shot in the chest in parents’ ‘global warming suicide pact’, survives 3 days before being discovered. I’m not even touching this…
Posted in Mental Health, Miscellaneous
Tagged 3 days, baby, Global Warming, gun shot, suicide pact, survive
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Overuse and Abuse of Evolutionary Psychology
A friend of mine recently brought my attention to an article by The Star. If you don’t want to read it, here’s the first few paragraphs: “In new research bound to irk conservative geniuses, people with high IQs are deemed … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous, Philosophy, Religion, Science, Thoughts
Tagged atheism, atheist, conservative, daniel dennett, education, Evolutionary Psychology, intelligence quotient, IQ, liberal, mismeasure of man, monogamous, Pascal Boyer, religious, research, Satoshi kanazawa, stephen jay gould, Steven Pinker, the good atheist
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More John Pilger Docs: East Timor, Burma, and Australian Natives
Oh Em Gee. I have been out of the blogging game for a little bit now, and have been meaning to write about 3 John Pilger Docs I watched a while ago. Unfortunately, I’ve waited so long that I kind … Continue reading
Posted in Film, History, Politics, Thoughts
Tagged Australia, Burma, Canada, East Timor, Henry Ford, Indonesia, Jared Diamond, John Pilger, Komodo, Massacre, Ne Win, Olympics, Suu Kyoi
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