Carlos Miller of Photography Is Not A Crime documents incidents throughout 2010 in which photographers and videographers were penalized by the government for recording incidents that took place in public. Photography Is Not A Crime is apparently currently in financial straits, as Miller has been paying for the project entirely on his own. If you’ve.
Tom Rees at Epiphenom has put together a brief review of the results of scientific papers published on religion this year. Here’s an excerpt: We learned some more about what religion can do for you. Religious people are less likely to smoke, but more likely to be overweight. Religion can also make you more attractive..
Lots of thoughts brewing on this subject during Skepticon. I’ve posted many of mine on Hemant Mehta’s blog Friendly Atheist.
I’m getting ready to go to Skepticon 3 tomorrow. It doesn’t actually start until Friday, but it’s a good seven hours to Springfield, Missouri so I figured I’d allow a day for the drive and then hopefully wake up fresh and open-minded Friday morning. I love a conference you can attend in a t-shirt and.
Well, this sounds like about the worst idea for a TV show ever. Jen from Skepchick writes: In summer of 2008, the American television channel A&E premiered a series called Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal and has just begun airing the second season this November. Presided over by professional psychic Chip Coffey, and a.
Our session at AAR yesterday was really interesting and I’ll try to post about it later, but don’t really have the time right now. I’m just waking up in Oxford, Alabama, and will be driving through that state and Mississippi today listening to In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Pollan. Most likely.