By Neece, on February 4, 2010, at 6:50 am
My friend Brent sent me a link to a page on the web. It’s a conversation with Robert Sapolsky, a quiet, funny, apparently brilliant professor of biological sciences at Stanford University and of neurology at Stanford’s School of Medicine. Professor Sapolsky has written several books such as:
The link Brent sent me was called TOXO and he suggested it to me because our book club is reading The God Virus: How religion infects our lives and culture, by Daniel W Ray. Now the video on that page was Robert Sapolsky talking about a most interesting parasite called
By Neece, on February 2, 2010, at 12:59 pm
The other day, I watched a 3 part special about what makes us uniquely human from the rest of the animals on the planet, namely chimps. It was very interesting and I wanted to share it with you. I’m linking to each full length video and then below I will link to Science Talk’s interviews with Alda about the show and other interesting things.
Here’s some information from PBS:
After some three and a half billion years of life’s evolution on this planet – and after almost two million years since people recognizable as human first walked its surface – a new human burst upon the scene, apparently unannounced.
It was us.
Until then our ancestors had shared the planet with other human species. But soon there was only us, possessors of something that gave us unprecedented power over our environment and everything else alive. That something was – [...]
By Neece, on January 31, 2010, at 7:47 am
Just a couple of Mr. Deity videos to brighten your day, just in case you live under a bigger rock than me and haven’t seen them yet.
Mr. Deity Funbits: Conan (1:26)
Mr. Deity and the Promised Land [...]
By Neece, on December 29, 2009, at 8:50 am
Hey Everyone! About a week or so ago, I wrote about the Meaning of Life and also mentioned a set of videos by Richard Dawkins that my friend Rachel had told me about. I watched all 5 videos and thought they were interesting and enlightening so I am sharing them below.
I was on an evolution kick and also found a 3 part program on Nova called Becoming Human, all about the evolution of us. I can’t give you the videos here, but I’m providing the links so you can watch them on PBS’s site. They are very interesting, and were just aired on PBS in November, so they have some new ideas and research.
By Neece, on December 24, 2009, at 1:23 am
So I am sick and miserable with a nasty holiday cold. I can’t sleep so I thought I’d share the latest Mr. Deity with you.
Happy Holidays Everyone! See below for funny holiday lolcats for even more cheer!
Mr. Deity and the Magic, Part Deux
Merry Freaking Catmas, Damnit.
By Neece, on December 18, 2009, at 5:49 pm
Sorry for another post so soon (hey, it’s either feast or famine), but I realized Edward Current released another hard-hitting atheist-bashing video that you will love. And Mr. Deity is punking wrong numbers with his iPhone.
First, Atheists Can’t Think For Themselves by Edward Current (4 and a half minutes):
Mr. Deity and the Wrong Number (almost 7 minutes. Watch the extra after the episode for Mr. Deity’s heartfelt apology about the previous episode, Mr. Deity and the [...]
By Neece, on December 17, 2009, at 6:50 am
The other day I got an email from Anne which I will post below. She asked some basic questions and I thought I’d share my answers with you (with her permission, under a pseudonym for her privacy). So here is her email:
Well I am new to religion totally as neither of my parents knew what to believe so they taught me nothing. I have so many questions and not nearly enough hours to google! lol jk
If you dont believe in a higher being such as God like the Christians what do you believe? (***Now please dont think I am questioning your beliefs I simply need a better understanding of what you hold to be true in this world.***) Do you believe that things happen simply because we choose that is how it should or is there a force behind events? I have gathered you believe in evolution [...]
My friend Brent sent me a link to a page on the web. It’s a conversation with Robert Sapolsky, a quiet, funny, apparently brilliant professor of biological sciences at Stanford University and of neurology at Stanford’s School of Medicine. Professor Sapolsky has written several books such as:
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