Atheism and (not) being a dick: a belated rant with copious footnotes
The “What would convince you that there is a god/supernatural/really weird thing out there?” argument continues. I didn’t read the...
What would convince you that God exists?
This isn’t a new question, that’s for sure. I’ve been asked it more times than I can recall, starting roughly...
The trickiness of characterizing empathy in politics, part 1
So as mentioned, I’m working my way through Frans de Waal’s book The Age of Empathy. On my drive I...
The trip home
Our session at AAR yesterday was really interesting and I’ll try to post about it later, but don’t really have...
Tea Party leaders v. O’Donnell the fire-breather
Last night I couldn’t get to sleep right away, and stayed up watching Lawrence O’Donnell eviscerate some Tea Party leaders...
Aquaria
When visiting a place that has a reportedly good aquarium, I can’t not go and check it out for myself. ...
In case of fire
Here’s an excerpt from the list of very detailed instructions about what to do in every kind of emergency posted...