Regarding Richard Mourdock’s “rape babies are a gift from God” comment… It’s fun to see people all over the internet […]
morality, social media
Digital dualism enables internet idiocy; monism motivates meaning
First things first– if you haven’t already, go over to technosociology and read Zeynep Tufekci’s excellent post Free Speech and […]
morality, religion
Demonology
Art by Sandro Castelli It’s getting close to Halloween, so let’s talk about demons. I’m going to define a demon […]
LGBT
Procotting
I can’t seem to find a word that denotes a deliberate decision to patronize a business in response to a […]
Uncategorized
I’m tripping over you, God
Cross-posted from State of Formation. In a Newsweek article grandiosely (to put it lightly) entitled Proof of Heaven: A Doctor’s Experience With the Afterlife published […]
politics, psychology
$75k happy
This is a bit old, but I just came across it– an article in Time reports on a study which […]
follow-up, religion, science
Sam Harris on a NDE as drug trip
I wrote this week about Eben Alexander’s account of his must-be-true experience with the afterlife, which made the cover story in […]
politics
Political dietary supplement
Joe Biden seen here impersonating the debate’s audience. Been watching the presidential and vice-presidential debates? Yes? What’s wrong with you? Just […]
comedy, LGBT, podcasts
I would recommend….
…buying stand-up comedian Tig Notaro’s set off fellow comedian Louis CK’s web site. But before you listen to it, I […]
follow-up, psychology, religion, science
Tripping a little more
A few more thoughts on Eben Alexander’s near-death experience: PZ Myers describes the story in a post called Newsweek panders to […]