A most excellent cinquain!

Yes, Doron is the real deal. He lives the role. He is a very believable character both as an ‘ordinary Israeli family man’ and even more so as a fluent Arabic speaking Muslim ‘spy’.

I would consider the series in the same league as ‘Breaking Bad’ or ‘Homeland’. I was surprised to read it is No 1 on Netflix in Lebanon.

I have been interacting with ‘Hamas’ supporters for over 20 years. I will aver that in that time the have become ‘stupider more’. They are now so uninformed (or maybe ‘ill-informed’ is a better term) that they are a different species to…[Read more]

How to Address Vaccine Hesitancy: A Compassionate Approach

https://gillings-projects.unc.edu/cph-articles/how-do-i-talk-about-vaccines

Secularism protects everybody from somebody else’s certainty. RTFF

A state power capable of declaring one variety of Muslim illegitimate is precisely the power capable of criminalizing the person who concludes that none of them is true. This is what happens everywhere when people who fervently believe a God exists acquire governmental machinery with which to enf…[Read more]

Lean: “I spent 14 seconds.”

Human: “Yes, Lean is correct.”

For me, the remarkable part is not the solution, but the ability of how 10,000 concurrent AI agents were split into groups, each exploring different variants and approaches and then sharing everything. Basically, the AI agents cross checked each others findings. I suspect their…[Read more]

I’ve been mad for fucking years, absolutely years
Been over the edge for yonks
Been working with bands so long, I think crikey
I’ve always been mad
I know I’ve been mad like the most of us have
Very hard to explain why you’re mad
Even if you’re not mad………

Don’t let Waylon Jennings a…[Read more]

My latest sign of growing old is when my cellphone notifies me that my “face is not recognized” and I find myself in agreement with it 🙂

Human beings aren’t fallen creatures awaiting rescue. They’re unfinished creatures capable of improvement. No gods required. Just some better engineering.

If your worldview can be predicted entirely from one label, you may have downloaded the bundle rather than examined the components.

RTFF.

When a Bible-sized blind spot is present “Religious Nationalism” shouldn’t become shorthand exclusively for American Christian nationalism.

Right-wing groups are turning a straightforward patient-protection law into another manufactured religious persecution campaign.…[Read more]

Some nights I sneak around the Campus, spray-painting ‘QUALIA’ on the walls of the Psychology Dept block then strike it through.

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Supreme Court asked to block Ten Commandment displays in public schools.

In Northern Ireland nonreligious children are still being squeezed into Orange-and-Green boxes. Religious segregation imposes financial as well as social costs.

Inflaming Anti-Muslim bigotry is the GOP’s despe…[Read more]

Yes, Israel is disproportionately represented in scientific and technological innovation relative to its population and size. I would say that Israel produces more high-level scientific and technological output than you would expect from its population, land area, or even it…[Read more]

The Ottawa Declaration on Humanism with an obligation to resist authoritarianism, religious nationalism and dehumanization.

Australia held its census and religion became its most contentious question as ‘Atheist’ was specifically listed for the first time.

Satanists like to celebrate holidays too…[Read more]

Gregor does know that something has happened to him. What he fails to grasp initially is the significance of his transformation. His world has changed beyond recognition, but his inherited routine of thought continues running as though nothing fu…[Read more]

We need to make a distinction between belief and inquiry. You can choose to examine a claim, expose yourself to arguments for it, avoid contrary evidence, join a community that reinforces it, or repeatedly rehearse certain ideas. Tho…[Read more]

Good News – Young Latinos are abandoning organized religion at a faster rate than any other demographic in the United States. More Good  News – The LDS Church also have a serious retention problem.

Houston mothers’ bid for te…[Read more]

1. Can severe trauma during pregnancy alter the biology of the developing fetus?

2. Can trauma experienced by a parent before conception leave epigenetic effects                that are later detectable in children?

The…[Read more]

I then told him it was only half a bible because it was only ‘ The NT’ but was still 100% illegal. I held…[Read more]