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Stephen Hawking on Religion
Interesting article about Stephen Hawking, holding forth about religion
Much though I respect Dr. Hawking, he is wrong on two important points.
First, he states: ""What could define God is thinking of God as the embodiment of the laws of nature," Hawking says, but that isn't the god of most major religions"
Has Dr. Hawking ever investigated the ( Read more... ) -
Animal Cruelty in Sports e.g. Hockey
First off, I needs must acknowledge that I don't follow professional sports as a regular thing.
So, I allow, I am apparently out of touch with some of the latest developments.
That's why I was both amazed and appalled at this text I just received from my sister: "Hawks won the Stanley cup".
Now, I know enough about sports to know that the Stanley ( Read more... ) -
A Lawyer from the Start?
Nostalgia is poison.
It focuses the mind on the past, which is gone, and dead.
Moreover, human memory is all too fragile and unreliable -- when we dwell on the past, we are doing as much, or more, re-creating as remembering. And the further in the past we seek to remember, the more we are likely to unintentionally fabricate.
Besides while we ( Read more... ) -
Intelligence/Education and Childbearing
Am I mistaken, or is there really an inverse ratio between how educated/intelligent someone is, and how many children they are likely to have?
If so, I wonder what evolutionary advantage that provides: shouldn't there be a selection *towards* maximizing intelligence, instead of the other way around? -
The Mystery of California Gaper's Blocks
There are many, many things I like about my adopted home, here in Southern California: I'll always be a Chicagoan at heart, but who wouldn't find winter temperatures in the 50s and 60s appealing, for instance?
That being said, one thing that always puzzles and annoys is why traffic gets *so* snarled up, whenever there is the _smallest_ of traffic ( Read more... ) -
A Message About the Census
Red state residents: *Oppose* government intervention ... *don't* send in your census forms! Take a stand against socialism!
Also, as you value your souls and your hopes for a heavenly reward in the life to come, do NOT highlight below this line .... it contains a message intended solely for the Godless heathens of the blue states!
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Social Darwinism and the Loss of the *Protestant* Work EthicShare
Social Darwinism is "the belief, popular in the late Victorian era in England, America, and elsewhere, which states that the strongest or fittest should survive and flourish in society, while the weak and unfit should be allowed to die ( Read more... ) -
The *Other* "L" Word ... and different worlds ....
It was one of those potentially awkward situations ( Read more... ) -
Cat *Owned* ..... and Franchised
Cat Owned...
Cat owners often joke about how they feel that they do not so much own their cats, but are, rather, owned by their cats .... most likely because of felines self-sufficient, imperious air.
But, in our case, this seems to be literally the case.
Vince, Our Vigilant "Owner"
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Pageant of Homo-erotism?
So .... I gather that this afternoon one bunch of steroidal guys, are going to be going up against a buncha other steroidal cases, dressed in outfits that exaggerate their shoulders and show off their asses in satiny form-fitting nether-wear.
Hmnnnn .....
Sounds rather homo-erotic to me.
I mean, don't get me wrong, I have nothing against our ( Read more... )