Rationalism in the hard sciences.
on Oct 17, 2008 in quantum physics cosmology epistemology rationalism empiricism science Adventures in Existence...

Reason is okay, but faith is better.
on Oct 7, 2008 in reason atheism epistemology muslim religion christian faith intelligent design ................................"If you don't think that logic is a good method for determining what to believe, make an attempt to convince me of that without using logic. No one has even bothered to try yet." - Brett LemoineI hate it when

Reason and emotion.
on Oct 1, 2008 in emotion reason nazi psychology hitler philosophy germany science wwii youtube ................................This Disney cartoon, made during WWII, is about the relationship between reason and emotion. It encourages to be rational and not get hysterical with fear about Nazi Germany. On top of that, it basically says the cau...

Interview with Nick Provenzo.
on Sep 26, 2008 in objectivism activism nick provenzo philosophy capitalism politics I thought somebody might be interested in this interview Jim Woods did with Nick Provenzo from the Center for the Advancement of Capitalism in 2006. It is about effective activism; something, apparently, that Mr. Provenzo is very good at. Some of th...

The distraction of eyes.
on Sep 25, 2008 in sexual identity subcapitalist socialism Sartre postmodernism generator structural dementia ................................I'm going to quote something from an article I read earlier today by David H. I. Geoffrey, the Department of English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. It gets pretty deep:"Narrativity is intrinsically a

Objectivist blogger vs pro-lifers who want to kill him.
on Sep 25, 2008 in video objectivism blogger ayn rand sarah palin politics youtube abortion Here's a video about the recent controversy at Rule of Reason.Adventures in Existence...

YouTube Christian-atheist drama.
on Sep 22, 2008 in evangelism ethics skepticism christian atheist science drama youtube yokeup ................................This video concerns some of the recent atheist/Christian drama on YouTube - specifically an evangelical called "Yokeup" - so if you don't follow that, this could be meaningless to you. Therefore I will try to

Create a widget for free.
on Sep 19, 2008 in blogger web 2.0 web design free gadget add-ons social tool blog tools widget rss feed Get the Adventures in Existence widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox!There's this site called WidgetBox that let's you design a widget for your blog/website (I found this through Copious Dissent). Basically it's like a min

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal.
on Sep 17, 2008 in schroedinger quantum physics copenhagen saturday morning breakfast cereal Today's episode of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal was particularly good. Can you imagine what it would be like if people took this quantum superposition stuff seriously and actually applied it to their lives? This video will give you an idea. (Th

Big Bang Theory: atheists vs theists.
on Sep 14, 2008 in cosmology space theology christian atheist big bang ................................Atheists and theists sometimes have surprisingly similar views about the origins of the universe. What really gets me is that Christians and other theists feel superior because they think their theory makes so much mo...