I just recently learned about Tim Minchin. He has to be one of the best atheistic musicians out there. I still haven’t heard anything of his that I don’t absolutely love. Here is a YouTube video of his beat poem, Storm. Tell me that this isn’t absolutely brilliant.
Well, I’ve had several ideas mulling around in my head, and I think they’ve reached the point where I’m ready to start actually working on them. I’ve had two ideas for regular articles: a “What if?” column, and a column of “Maple for Mythbusters”. The first column will be articles where I look at different ideas and say “What if this idea were real? What would it mean?” The first one is going to look at homeopathy, and make the assumption that it is real. Starting there, what else do we have to accept, by logic, due to accepting that homeopathy is real. I’m going to look at a different idea for each article. The second column is going to look at different experiments that the Mythbusters have done and see how we can use Maple to do some scientific computations around those experiments. I really like Maple, and I think more people should be supporting a Canadian made product.
These two columns are going to run on alternate weeks, starting with “What if?” this Friday. If you have any ideas for either column, things you’d like to see covered, please let me know.
The more I learn about Bertrand Russell, the more I wish he were still around. Here is a clip from an old interview done on the CBC:
OK. Just how stupid are Christians? Haiti has been completely devastated. They desperately need food and water, and medical aid. So instead of sending food and water and medical aid, what is being sent? Talking Bibles! This is not the time to be wasting what little capacity there is to get real aid into the country. After we’ve actually rebuilt homes, and gotten people fed and treated their wounds, then sure, go ahead and try to brainwash them. But now, when they are at their most beaten, is not the time to go down and shove this type of garbage down their throats. Unless, deep down somewhere, they know that the only way to get a convert is to pounce on people when they are at their weakest. Bunch of parasites. Can you tell this pisses me off a bit?
Well, YouTube fails yet again. The problems with religious zealots of all stripes using alleged copyright infringement and DMCA takedown notices to silence any criticism has been known for a while. Well, YouTube has shown just how mindless they are in regards to these types of issues. A video posted on the channel FactVsReligion called “What Islam Fears: Laughter” got that channel suspended. Then, the same video on the channel AgeOfAtheism got an offer from YouTube for revenue sharing. What is happening at YouTube? Are there any actual human beings there? It really doesn’t seem like it.
I seem to be reaching a tipping point in my personal beliefs/actions. I think I’m coming to the realization that my time here really is limited, and that I need to prioritize the actions I take in my life. Maybe, even start taking actions?
Listened to: The Geologic Podcast: Episode #120 from the album “Geologic Podcast” by George Hrab