Pinker & Gopnik on Fora.TV
It’s the first time I’ve seen Adam Gopnik, he kind of dominates the conversation. I would’ve much rather heard more from Pinker. Either More »
Archive for the “Random Thoughts” category — Page 2
The Mauve Mafia
The Perils of Lesbianity: The Homosexual Menace:
NASA GOES-13 Full Disk view of Earth July 14, 2010
NASA GOES-13 Full Disk view of Earth July 14, 2010, originally uploaded by NASA Goddard Photo and Video.
iPod Wall
The iPod Wall from welikesmall on Vimeo. This is a video showing the build of the Welikesmall iPod wall. It was made from More »
Out of touch journalism
Andrew Sullivan has a great post on Out of touch Mainstream Media and why neutrality is undesirable. In an era of monopolistic news More »
Anti-monster dogmatic worldview
A great general response to apologetics of all kinds. Money quote at 6:12.
Fairness, Harm, Purity, Loyalty & Authority
Greta Christina authored a great, if casual, examination of the 5 recently studied pillars of morality. Those being how we value and prioritize More »
Durex Baby
A great spec ad from some up & coming creatives based in Denmark – Villads + Ammentorp. The Durex baby case was created More »
The Great Textbook War
American Radio Works won a Peabody Award for their enthralling radio documentary entitled “The Great Textbook War.” It’s incredible reporting, very even handed More »
Hitchens vs Haldane
Here’s part 1 of 10 on Youtube: However, if you’re short on time, here’s the money clip:
True reverse perspective
True Reverse Perspective from JMS on Vimeo.
Conservative Email #6: “History of Guns”
Another out of date, loose with the facts, fear-mongering piece of right wing idiocy. The below should be enough warning for those of More »
The Just-World Fallacy
Excellent blog post from David McRaney at You’re Not So Smart. I think this fallacy is at the heart of the Culture Wars. More »
