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Humanist Symposium 47 | This humanist
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About thinking and living. A life well lived? It’s that time of year again…. December 20, 2009. Tags: 47th humanist symposium. Welcome to this almost solstice edition of the Humanist Symposium blog carnival! Dec 21st is the Southern Solstice). As this is the last symposium of this year, I thought I might take a brief look back. And what a year it has been! On the Origin of Species. Which presented his arguments for the theory of evolution by natural selection. In May, the world was introduced to. We have...
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Flying the banner for a secular Europe | This humanist
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About thinking and living. Thought for the World returns! The National Federation of Atheist, Humanist and Secular Student Societies is here! Flying the banner for a secular Europe. February 17, 2009. London demonstration for a secular europe. London demonstration for a secular europe 2009. London for a secular europe. This Saturday I found myself carrying one half of the British Humanist Association banner at the London Demonstration for a Secular Europe. Feed for this Entry. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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The pleasures of bad arguments | This humanist
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About thinking and living. A life based on reason and compassion. A life well lived? The pleasures of bad arguments. October 20, 2009. Duck that won the lottery. I have recently moved to a new neighbourhood and while taking advantage of the free wifi at my local library I also took the opportunity to dig around in their shelves. There I made the pleasant discovery of a small and somewhat random philosophy section where I unearthed a recent offering from the British philosopher Julian Baggini. Fill in you...
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Don’t forget to vote this Thursday! | This humanist
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About thinking and living. It’s that time of year again…. The unintended consequences of asking for more religion in schools. Don’t forget to vote this Thursday! May 4, 2010. Tags: 2010 general election UK. Democracy is not something to believe in or a place to hang your hat, but it’s something you do. You participate. If you stop doing it, democracy crumbles. Abbie Hoffman, (1936-1989), American activist. Women have been able to stand for election in the UK Parliament since 1918, but ninety-two years la...
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It’s that time of year again… | This humanist
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About thinking and living. Don’t forget to vote this Thursday! It’s that time of year again…. February 14, 2010. Tags: london demonstration for a secular europe. London demonstration for a secular europe 2010. London for a secular europe. Before you berate me for hopeless romanticism or being a sucker for the marketing message, let me just clarify: it’s time for the London demonstration for a Secular Europe! We are protesting in solidarity with Italian secularists the Vatican’s insidious interferen...
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A life well lived? | This humanist
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About thinking and living. The pleasures of bad arguments. A life well lived? October 27, 2009. Tags: meaning of life. Synecdoche, New York. Has been released on DVD recently and I highly recommend it. I managed to catch the film while it was still on at cinemas and I was very impressed. Written and directed by Charlie Kaufman, who wrote. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It is characteristically innovative and unusual. The film has polarised audiences and this doesn’t surprise me. Cotard has variou...
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The unintended consequences of asking for more religion in schools | This humanist
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About thinking and living. Don’t forget to vote this Thursday! The unintended consequences of asking for more religion in schools. February 3, 2012. American comic creator Jennie Breeden of the Devil’s Panties webcomic. Actually just an autobiographical comic, not as alarming as it sounds) makes some interesting observations about the consequences of asking for more religion in schools. Responses to “The unintended consequences of asking for more religion in schools”. Feed for this Entry. Time Out of Mind.
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Evidence-based Masturbation (or, The Science of Porn) | Time Out of Mind
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Time Out of Mind. A Skeptical Psychology Student Raises an Eyebrow. About Stuart J. Ritchie. Evidence-based Masturbation (or, The Science of Porn). Evidence-based Masturbation (or, The Science of Porn). August 16, 2011. This is the blog version of a talk I gave on August 13, 2011, at Skeptics on the Fringe. At the Edinburgh Festival. Get your Ragnaröks off! 039;Porn is the end of the world'. To be fair to Jensen, what I. By sociology professor Gail Dines, an attempt at an excoriating critique of the porn...
