January 2008
38 posts
“You can’t have everything. Where would you put it?”
– Steven Wright on Having Everything
“Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all other...”
– H.L. Mencken on Philosophers
“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that...”
– Bertrand Russell
Big Think →
YouTube for the highbrow set
The Blasphemy Collection →
Recent blasphemous events
Keeping it real →
Why real things get more expensive even as almost perfect copies get cheap or free
Judge rules defendant can't be forced to divulge... →
Federal judge in Vermont has ruled state can’t force defendant accused of having illegal images on his hard drive to divulge his encryption passphrase
Watch5 dangerous things you should let your kids do
Is "Yo" the new gender-neutral pronoun? →
I think “they” is better — “they” can be and is just used as singular
“PHILOSOPHY: Basically, this involves sitting in a room and deciding there is no...”
– From Choosing a Major, by Dave Barry
“No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up.”
– Lily Tomlin
Pope calls for more prayer to smite pedophile... →
Implements God-powered plan to rid the clergy of molesters
Feminist Philosophy and Science Fiction →
Gender controversies in moral and political philosophy via sci-fi
Anti-atheist bigotry robs child of her adoptive... →
Child is taken from adoptive parents because they’re atheists
The only "acceptable" non-evil movie atheists →
No happy athiests who aren’t nihilistic killers
“Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard...”
– Mark Twain
God hates women →
Especially uppity ones who think they are actually full-fledged human beings
Stop House Resolution 888 →
Congress tries to make U.S. a “Christian Nation” again
Battle of the philosophers →
Honderich and McGinn get nasty over consciousness
Sexual Fluidity →
Different strokes for different folks at different times
The Origin of Speeches →
Linguistic origins for the creationist crowd
How many Inuit snow words? →
Because it’s that time of year
“The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem...”
– Bertrand Russell
