Brains ‘are hardwired to believe in God and imaginary friends’ Religion is part of human nature and our brains are hard wired to believe in God, scientists believe. The evidence includes studies of babies and children which have shown the brain is programmed to think of the mind as being separate from the body. This [...]

should be like this guy.

Of Cannibals by Michel de Montaigne. When King Pyrrhus invaded Italy, having viewed and considered the order of the army the Romans sent out to meet him: “I know not,” said he, “what kind of barbarians,” (for so the Greeks called all other nations) “these may be; but the disposition of this army, that I [...]

I lost my debit card. The girl decided to call it off before it began (whew, in a way). I got lost in downtown Atlanta. I cannot register for classes until tomorrow. Basically, today blew. I’ve decided that this ‘everything happens for a reason’ crap is just that: crap. Things happen as a series of [...]

Never Say Die: Why We Can’t Imagine Death: Consider the rather startling fact that you will never know you have died. You may feel yourself slipping away, but it isn’t as though there will be a “you” around who is capable of ascertaining that, once all is said and done, it has actually happened. Just [...]

Notes from the book. Associated research, citations, etc. are not important. The incomprehensible gibberish that strings my philosophy together is. The idea of ‘god’ has been on my mind quite a bit for the last few weeks as well, mostly prompted by the sudden realization that most of my family has (during the past six [...]

I only have a peripheral knowledge of this Artemis Fowl thing, but that doesn’t mean anything regarding this. It is simply the coolest optical illusion I have seen in years.

It is a fundamental of taxonomy that nature rarely deals with discrete catagories. Alfred Kinsey said that in reference to the difference between homosexual and heterosexual men. That’s not why I quoted it, however. I find it to be a positively fascinating sentence. The dismissal of hardline structure in the universe and the promotion of [...]