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Your Fingertip to the Moon
I’m reading Simon Singh’s The Big Bang at the moment (only because I’ve already devoured our current Skepchick Book). In the beginning, he discusses how the Greeks first began to scientifically determine the nature of our solar system using little besides logic, math, a stick, and a fingertip. For instance, if you go outside tonight and point your finger at…
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Orgasm Addict
I’m not usually one for attaching electrodes to my spine, but I might be willing to make an exception if I were to be presented with this Real-Life Orgasmatron! Basically, it’s an Altoids-tin-sized box that is implanted in a woman’s body and connected to her nervous system. A remote control allows you to activate the device and create a nearly…
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The Good Times are Killing Me
New York always leaves me happy, but I always leave New York sad. There’s a moral somewhere. Thank you to everyone who made it to my talk yesterday — I was told we had about 55 or 60 people, with about 40% women, which if you saw my talk you know is kind of great. Afterward we retired to The…
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Reminder: Sex and Skepticism in New York City
Just a reminder that tomorrow, Saturday the 16th, I’ll be giving a talk I think I will call Sex and Skepticism: Where are All the Women? It’s sure to be a great time — I’ll be discussing the apparent lack of women in the skeptical community and what we might be able to do to make it better. Where: University…
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'kay, I'm psychic. Whatev.
So, when I was a kid, my mom thought I was psychic because I had a pretty acute power of observation and was also good at putting myself in the middle of a lot of things which seemed like coincidences but weren’t. Add to that a couple of genuine coincidences (like me sitting in front of the phone and saying…
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Darwin Day: Cambridge
The Cambridge party was hopping, with plenty of evil-utionists, drinks, snacks, cake, awful poetry, monkeys, and pipe cleaner creations. I’ve uploaded a few photos to Flickr . . . and here’s a search for “Darwin Day” across all of Flickr.
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Our Evolutionary Sweetheart
Think about the last time you completely changed your world-view. I mean, completely. Like, one week you are absolutely positive the world is flat and still, and the next you realize that it’s an oblong oblate spheroid circling a flaming ball of gas in space. I’m sure many of you can think of a personal example. It happened to me,…
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Reason-Driven Podcast, Day 14
Check out the latest Reason-Driven Podcast for a fun interview with yours truly and a discussion about Bob Price’s 14th chapter of Reason-Driven Life: I Can’t Get No Sanctification. I had a great time despite my fear that this particular chapter is, let’s face it, kind of a downer: what’s the point of finding purpose in God if he makes…
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