December 2011
12 posts
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Above Us Only Sky →
via @stevemosby, a fascinating post on (possibly) the oldest theological question of all.
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The Lego Question, And A Theological Query
I distinctly remember the day I became an atheist. I don’t remember how old I was because I was so young - four, I think; just before or just starting school. Religion wasn’t a big thing when I was little - Dad’s a (somewhat vague) Catholic, Mum an atheist, and both had apparently agreed to basically not make a thing of it, figuring we’d sort things out ourselves. Which in...
“If only Guy Hands had not just invested in Crust as a tax dodge - but made sure...”
– Adam Curtis is never less than interesting.
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“While they waited for the program to begin, Nas lit a blunt and passed it...”
– Via Nick Malone, this. THIS.
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Aidan: “What’s the best thing there is?”
Me: “To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.”
Aidan: “… What does that mean?”
On the school run this morning.
“The problem is not with any particular belief system but with belief itself. Sir...”
– Islam, Charles Darwin and the denial of science - Steve Jones. His point is brilliantly (and inadvertently) demonstrated by some of the commenters beneath. Never, ever, read the comments on a newspaper website. Ever.
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“In this paper Wiley provides what may be the clearest discussion yet of the core...”
– (via @cstross) The Deepening Paradox — Karl Schroeder. Fascinating stuff for anyone with an interest in SF, or S.