The End Days

Terry Sanderson has a nice little opinion piece in the Guardian. (reposted below) I’m interested to know who agrees with him, are we finally in the end days of religion, or will yet another mythology crop up to take it’s place?

Test Time: Do you have to be lucky to be good?

Check out the Moral Sense Test, courtesy of Harvard U. and a boom in Experimental Philosophy — that is, Philosophy grounded in real life research, or at least more concerned with real life happenings than say“the thing in itself.“
I took it. I don’t know what to say other than the situations are a bit of a [...]

For Immediate Consideration…

Perhaps the People’s Front of Judea had a little bit more on the ball than we thought. Sam Wang and Joshua Gold examine the brains of independant/undecided voters: make a choice early and get on with the rest of your mental life or keep gathering information until you reach a decision “tipping point.”
Your Brain’s Secret [...]

How Stupid Are We?

And by we, I mean thee. Obviously Ty, Roger, Yeiser, and I have a lot on the ball. Just kidding folks. A good interview with Rick Shenkmen, who lifts the hood and takes a look at ideas like “the Americans are smart voters” and “I believe the children are our future” and throws a few [...]

Poll Redux

Someone out there has their ear to the tracks. We can now directly embed polls. Look for more tasty follow up’s to this world breaking poll.

Fear Mongering, the Literary Way

Wow, this blog post is from an anti-Obama individual (Kim Crawford) who seems to believe that Obama hates her (and her “kind”)… a lot. The post is remarkable for its odd mixture of literary craft and paranoia — for its erudition and unmedicated insanity. Here’s a taste:
Did I mention this man hates me? You and [...]

Something Else to Vote On

Although the results of this poll are (so far) completely inaccurate, I find it nevertheless interesing…
http://www.yesnogod.com/index2.html

Sunday Funny #15

Such arrogance, such close-mindedness… 
“I’m sorry madam, you’re going to have to give your brain back, because you are clearly not using it.”