Playing Card Game: Moving Target
I JUST made this game up out of thin air. I tested it a few times and it has potential. What I need now are more play testers! Grab a deck of cards and a friend, try it out, and get back to me with…
Politics, Secular Humanist Style
What economic and political policy best fits a secular humanist worldview?
I favor the idea of an open welfare state. I use the term almost sarcastically because I do not think a government should…
Google Plus Second Impressions (and Etiquette)
I’ve been playing with Google+ for a few weeks now and I’ve gotten to really understand how its feature set conducts the participation of its users. In my first impressions, I mused at how it…
A Critique on a Possibilian.
I’ve been thinking about Dr. David Eagleman’s premise of being a “possibilian.” He claims that the debate between there being a god and no god is a false dichotomy and that the real answer could…
Thankful
In fantasy fiction, we are often confronted with worlds where history extends for thousands of years without so much of an advancement in technology, politics or philosophy. Obviously, the reason for…
Google+ First Impressions
Google+ is Google’s brand new social networking service and it neatly fills a niche left wide open by Facebook for too long. The service is only a few days old and invitations have been disabled for…
Metabolizing Love
Does having a scientific view of mental processes sap all of the romance out of love? Movies and books have always tried to convince us that love is a profoundly human phenomenon and it is exactly…
"Science Can't Explain That"
When we apply the phrase “science can’t explain that” to any concept, (for example, what we perceive to be the supernatural) it represents a combination of laziness and pride. The idea that science…
6 Subtly Subversive Bible Verses
We know that the bible contains sex and violence. It condones slavery and rape. It has arbitrary rules for trivial offenses. It is a minefield of despicable values that believers cherry-pick their…
Running From Grace
A friend of mine has been putting together little “mix tapes” with music to fit various moods. Being a lover of many types of music, I can totally appreciate this. In fact, his initiative has…
