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The Secular Advance: Episode #1300

Posted on October 22, 2017 by waz — Leave a reply

The steady, inevitable, secular advance is readily apparent in the data cited by two recent articles describing significant changes in the US population. First up, James Haught, in an article Continue Reading →

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The MythCon Controversy

Posted on October 9, 2017 by waz — Leave a reply

From the Mythicist Milwaukee website: Our Mission Mythicist Milwaukee promotes dialogue about culture, religion and freedom of thought. Our Vision: A world free from religious oppression and bigotry. our core Continue Reading →

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Why We Can Win Episode #873

Posted on September 26, 2017 by waz — Leave a reply

Jase Heap of The Untied Coalition of Reason reports that 367 out 1,041 incoming freshmen at American University in Wash DC identify as a “None” of some kind. “Nones” of Continue Reading →

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Old Ideas Die Hard (but they do eventually)

Posted on September 18, 2017 by waz — Leave a reply

We are a recalcitrant species. Stubbornness, when manifested as stick-to-it-iveness, is a hallmark of our very human tenacity and cleverness to adapt to almost any environment on earth. In the Continue Reading →

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Information Kills Religion: Episode 53

Posted on September 13, 2017 by waz — Leave a reply

WHY WE CAN WIN The following is a an edited excerpt of an anonymous conversation from a discussion thread from one of my classes. “I go to a private christian Continue Reading →

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Posted on September 1, 2017 by waz — Leave a reply

(as recent a photo as I got. But a few months old, speaking, talking with my hands as usual, wanting to convey information as usual as well…it is what separates Continue Reading →

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My Worst Nightmare

Posted on August 22, 2017 by waz — Leave a reply

By 2050, according to estimates derived from the 2008 census, there will be just under 90 million people 65 and older in the US, comprising about 20% of the population. Continue Reading →

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Big “G” or Little “g” that is the question

Posted on August 7, 2017 by waz — Leave a reply

Myself, and Tom Cara from the Chicago Chapter of the Freedom from Religion Foundation at the Secular Coalition for America (SCA) booth at the McHenry County Fair, Woodstock, IL on Continue Reading →

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Mindfulness, Meditation, and Neuroscience: “Buddha’s Brain”

Posted on July 6, 2017 by waz — Leave a reply

A short book review of the above. (13 chapters plus appendix, 234 pages, 196 references). From the Forward: “The authors have woven together Buddhist practices developed over two thousand years Continue Reading →

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On Consciousness: A Human Conceptual Construction. Part 1 “The Self.”

Posted on June 27, 2017 by waz — Leave a reply

A recent article from Science Alert asked the very pertinent question What Exactly is Consciousness: And Can We Replicate It?. OK, lets try and answer that question with what we Continue Reading →

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