Tag Archives: Reason

I don’t want to believe, I want to know.

I’ve loved that quote for years.  It’s the subtitle of this blog, and always has been.  I attribute it to Carl Sagan — and vaguely remember reading it in one of his books and it sticking with me — but … Continue reading

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More Tim Minchin Greatness

I really wish I was this good at expressing such things.  I now have a desire to memorize his lyrics — even the 9 minute beat poem “Storm” (previously posted). Lyrics! If anyone can show me one example in the … Continue reading

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Storm

This nearly brought tears to my eyes.  It’s rare that I hear poetry that actually expresses things that have happened in my life, but holy cow (.com) have I been in this situation. As with all good poetry, the poet … Continue reading

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Randi in Vancouver

We attended a lecture by James Randi last night, as part of UBC’s “Science Week”. He was the keynote speaker. I made sure to grab the batteries out of the charger and put them in our digital camera, and Mel … Continue reading

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Atheists Irritation?

This is a response to Blogosaurus Vex’s post, which you may want to read first.  I’ll take it point by point, with a summary. Here are some things that bother me about how some athiests think and behave: Some athiests … Continue reading

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Richard Dawkins – The Enemies of Reason, Part 1

The first episode of Richard Dawkins’ new series is up on Google Video! View This Video on Google

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