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Was it Kierkegaard or Dick van Patten who said… 19 Aug 2013 | 11:59 pm
So today I want to talk about labels. I don’t mean those things your passive-aggressive roommate puts on each egg in the carton in the fridge you share (yeah that’s right Gary, I’m talking about you! ...
Packing it in 22 Jul 2013 | 06:09 pm
Just over 3 years ago, I started a blog. I have always loved writing, and I had a lot of stuff on my mind that I thought needed to be puzzled out and written down. As is sometimes the way with these t...
Non-Violent Direct Action Anyone Can Do (That Everyone Should) 27 Jun 2013 | 12:00 am
It’s been a while since I last posted (and in fact, even since I last wrote an entry on my personal blog), and this entry is about part of the reason why—and that if you’re reading this, you should ta...
Big announcement from Point of Inquiry podcast 26 Jun 2013 | 01:14 am
Mixed news for fans of the podcast Point of Inquiry with Chris Mooney and Indre Viskontas. This just arrived in my inbox: On Friday, Point of Inquiry’s two co-hosts—Indre Viskontas and Chris Mooney—r...
Memories, Emotions, and Brains 25 Jun 2013 | 12:00 am
One of the things I noticed when taking my Philosophy undergrad was how 17th century Philosophers (and Philosophers of other periods too) often made grandiose claims about how people thought about the...
Abused meme roundup: “Witch Hunts” 20 Jun 2013 | 06:00 pm
In light of the recent furore* over CFI’s bafflingly vacuous response to Ron Lindsay’s behaviour, some prominent members of the freethinking community have decided to pull back their participation in ...
What is there to do in Sydney? 18 Jun 2013 | 08:00 am
Hey Australian people. How’s it going? I’m good, thanks. I know we don’t talk that often, what with the time difference being what it is. So, as a gesture of solidarity, I am posting this at a time wh...
Colour blind, deaf, and dumb 18 Jun 2013 | 01:22 am
Right now, as you read this, some well-intentioned white kid on the internet is posting a link to this video. In it, the actor Morgan Freeman states that the way to solve racism is to stop talking abo...
Imagine you had a friend… 15 Jun 2013 | 03:39 am
Imagine, for a moment, that you had a friend. If you’re like me, you will find this a wildly improbable scenario to entertain, but I implore you to at least give it a try. This doesn’t have to be a c...
The first step is admitting you have a problem 13 Jun 2013 | 08:15 am
The director of CFI Okanagan has reached out to me with a very important request: We have our Secular Sobriety group here in Kelowna and this is a huge deal for us as there is nothing else similar he...
