by Carl Howard | Oct 7, 2010 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Blogging Jewish Law
Just a quick one today, thanks to the always well-researched Irreligiosophy podcast. And it is hilarious, for I am not using the title metaphorically. Let’s start with the tehum. This is a concept in Rabbinic Judaism that places a restriction on how far you can go...
by Carl Howard | Sep 30, 2010 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Blogging Jewish Law
Today is the 2nd international Blasphemy Day (see my post from last year). It was originally an idea of CFI as a free expression initiative, however based on the latest loony directions taken by CFI they’re likely to wash their hands of it. Anyway, onward we go, CFI...
by Carl Howard | Sep 12, 2010 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Charity and Philanthropy, Resources, Food and Environment, Society
Before I mention the chart, a quick little reader experiment: Commit to an estimate of how many people in the UK die each year from falling off ladders. Try to avoid calculations, just go with your gut. Check your answer Commit to an estimate of how many children...
by Carl Howard | Sep 3, 2010 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Feminism and LGBT, Society
Via Amanda Marcotte a few weeks ago I came across a viral video meant to show that Republican women are superhot and Democrat women are monsters. Here’s the link but it keeps being taken down so I’ve pasted an image version below (from here) just so you can get a feel...
by Carl Howard | Sep 1, 2010 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Feminism and LGBT, Resources, Food and Environment
’m still busily thesising so posting will continue at a homeopathic rate over the next 2-3 weeks. In the meantime, here is another exercise, this time taking about half an hour. The first part is to watch this talk (which is interesting enough regardless of my post)...
by Carl Howard | Aug 13, 2010 | Blog Topics, Links
Real drowning looks nothing like how it’s portrayed on TV. Here are the real signs of drowning: must read for anyone who lives near the coast. Who’d think a Korean teacher giving a lesson in how to swear in English would be so hilarious? Out of all the commentary on...
