Author: Chad Kohalyk
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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2YdMbH_4jo?feature=oembed&w=500&h=374] If you’ve got 45 mins to kill while eating ramen in front of your computer, check this out. From fuckyeahphilosophy: Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein on their book Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes (slightly NSFW) (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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A basic guide for debating atheists
This short excerpt is from AC Grayling‘s speech in an Intelligence Squared debate entitled Atheism is the new fundamentalism. I draw your attention to it because Grayling does an excellent job describing the fundamental pillars of the so-called “new atheist” argument. The three parts are, in short: atheism as in skepticism of the supernatural secularism…
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Google: now serving cowardliness Also seen on Pharyngula: Google is being sensitive
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Google: now serving cowardliness Also seen on Pharyngula: Google is being sensitive
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[vimeo 8550597 w=500 h=281] We decided to ring in the new year at the top of the world! Here is a vid taken from Nagoya’s TV Tower. It is a 360 degree pan of Nagoya from the center of the city, then a short trip down the elevator. Watch it in HD at Vimeo. (Source:…
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Photos from my Xmas and New Years in Kyoto at flickr.
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Photos from my Xmas and New Years in Kyoto at flickr.
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“Pure simplicity”: Apple in the 2010s
In 1984 the Macintosh was introduced as a computer “For the rest of us.” It never really lived up to that potential. In 1989 Douglas Adams wrote an article for MacUser detailing his frustration with modern computing. Back then it was overly complex, riddled with software and hardware compatibility issues, too many cables, too many…
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Picturing the Past 10 Years by Phillip Niemeyer/NYTimes
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Picturing the Past 10 Years by Phillip Niemeyer/NYTimes