A little collection of stuff I found today...
eSkeptic, the email newsletter of the Skeptics Society, is celebrating Carl Sagan's 75th birthday. Free full-length lecture video and tons of articles (thanks to @michaelshermer)
Placing peeled onions on your coffee table will not keep you from getting swine flu despite what that viral email from your idiot friend Holly told you (thanks to @briandgregory)
The Jenny McCarthy Body Count Video (also thanks to @briandgregory)
A company called SkinzWraps is making "skins" for vehicles resembling golf balls (well, they claim it's more like shark skin). I think Jamie and Adam deserve their due credit for this one (thanks to @Discovery).
Iraq’s security forces are using a fancy looking dowsing rod to find bombs (thanks to @michaelshermer). Phil Plait also had something to say about this at JREF.
There is a poll on same-sex marriage here (thanks to Pharyngula). Here are the results as of 4:30pm EST today (big difference from when PZ posted this).
The Rabid Atheist made the point that hating religion does not equate to hating christians or any other type of religious person. I wrote about anti-clericalism the other day, and though that principle is a bit more specific in regards to politics and actual church structure, the general sentiment of disliking what organized religion has done to the world is quite common to many atheists.
eSkeptic, the email newsletter of the Skeptics Society, is celebrating Carl Sagan's 75th birthday. Free full-length lecture video and tons of articles (thanks to @michaelshermer)
Placing peeled onions on your coffee table will not keep you from getting swine flu despite what that viral email from your idiot friend Holly told you (thanks to @briandgregory)
The Jenny McCarthy Body Count Video (also thanks to @briandgregory)
A company called SkinzWraps is making "skins" for vehicles resembling golf balls (well, they claim it's more like shark skin). I think Jamie and Adam deserve their due credit for this one (thanks to @Discovery).
Iraq’s security forces are using a fancy looking dowsing rod to find bombs (thanks to @michaelshermer). Phil Plait also had something to say about this at JREF.
There is a poll on same-sex marriage here (thanks to Pharyngula). Here are the results as of 4:30pm EST today (big difference from when PZ posted this).
Do you support same-sex marriage?
Absolutely, yes 54%
Sure, why not? 14%
Not really 6%
Absolutely, no 19%
I don't care either way 7%
Total Votes for this Question: 6166
The Rabid Atheist made the point that hating religion does not equate to hating christians or any other type of religious person. I wrote about anti-clericalism the other day, and though that principle is a bit more specific in regards to politics and actual church structure, the general sentiment of disliking what organized religion has done to the world is quite common to many atheists.
