The Odd Essay
Information Kills Religion. Yes it does. Science; modern knowledge, sweeps away the old myths, superstitions, repressions, and pessimism of religious thought. Normally, I would prepare one of these posts on Continue Reading →
Information Kills Religion. Yes it does. Science; modern knowledge, sweeps away the old myths, superstitions, repressions, and pessimism of religious thought. Normally, I would prepare one of these posts on Continue Reading →
Sometimes in my random review of current events, I read the futurist stuff, like Stephen Hawkings’ conjecture that we need to get off the earth in 600 years…, or else, Continue Reading →
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 →
(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 →
Dr. James B Williams, former Tuskegee Airman and Chicago physician, died recently at age 97. It is hard to imagine the changes this man experienced as a black doctor and Continue Reading →
Hannu Rajaniemi, a Finnish cosmologist, nails one of the the most insightful presentations on the staggering complexity of our universe, both the preposterously distant and the infinitesimally small. A must-watch. Continue Reading →
It’s not a purposeful lie, and that’s true of all religions. Overwhelmingly, the people that taught you your religion, sincerely believed it too, because the folks that taught them did, Continue Reading →
Whether you like Hugh Hefner or not (he just turned 90) he has always been a champion for human rights…gay rights, racial equality, yes, even women’s rights and of course, Continue Reading →
Michael Shermer, Psychologist, Historian of Science and founder of Skeptic magazine. “All of us are Children of the Enlightenment.” A great line, which Shermer uses often, to describe the huge Continue Reading →
James Haught, editor of the Charleston Gazzette has a rather interesting perspective article in the current issue (Sept/Oct 2015) of the Humanist, which you can read in full HERE. He Continue Reading →