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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 in Nonbelief, Religion, Secularism | Tagged Arrogance of Religious Thought, Christianity, Conservatism, New Enlightenment, Religion, Science | Leave a reply

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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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On Science Denial, Where Does it Come From?

Posted on June 17, 2017 by waz — Leave a reply

Just where does science denial come from? You guessed it: Religion. Name me one secular organization that denies climate change. Name me one secular organization that upholds old, pre-scientific, ideas Continue Reading →

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Fake News, Fox News, Old News

Posted on June 2, 2017 by waz — Leave a reply

Fox News has had a incredibly successful, profitable run appealing to the conservative, religious, mostly Republican element in this country, portraying themselves a the purveyors of “fair and balanced” reporting Continue Reading →

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Conservatives: Slow to come around, always lose in the end

Posted on May 23, 2017 by waz — Leave a reply

Despite the incredible push from Trump and his conservative religious cabinet and advisors: Bannon, DeVos, Sessions, Pruitt, Price, there is so much progress to report on so many fronts that Continue Reading →

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