Scepticus Empiricus: Archive

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Oct 31st

“My own opinion is enough for me, and I claim the right to have it defended...”

– Christopher Hitchens

Sep 18th

Christopher Hitchens giving Yale University Press... →

“The capitulation of Yale University Press to threats that hadn’t even been made yet is the latest and perhaps the worst episode in the steady surrender to religious extremism—particularly Muslim religious extremism—that is spreading across our culture. A book called The Cartoons That Shook the World, by Danish-born Jytte Klausen, who is a professor of politics at Brandeis University,...

Aug 23rd

“I no more believe that Jesus was born of the virgin Mary than I believe that...”

– Christopher Hitchens

Aug 23rd

Image * After - currently 23913 free textures and... →

free textures and images

Aug 16th

http://www.morguefile.com/archive/browse/?/?display... →

free stock photos

Aug 16th

“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent...”

– Bertrand Russell

Aug 11th

Facebook | Caffe L'affare for Maranui →

Maranui Cafe - a cafe in Lyall Bay (Wellington, NZ) was recently gutted by fire. Cafe L’affare, another cafe in Wellington, is donating all of their takings from this coming Sunday to the Maranui cafe and staff (half each). L’affare don’t usually open on Sunday’s. How cool is that? (that’s a trick question - it’s VERY cool).

Aug 3rd

Jul 28th

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Jul 27th

Jul 24th

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Jul 24th

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Pope's right wing... →

I wonder if Joseph Ratzinger’s (aka Pope Benedict) broken right wrist might be divine retribution for a moment of weakness in the papal en suite.

Jul 18th

Watch

Family Guy - Season 7 Episode 11 - Not All Dogs Go to Heaven. Brian comes out as an atheist - “Worse than Hitler” - Family Guy gold!

Jul 4th

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Jun 28th

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Jun 28th

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3 News > Home > Story > Police recruit tests... →

Swine flu at the Police College. Too easy!

Jun 13th

Scary washing machine. No really, its terrifying!... →

This is comedic gold!

Jun 8th

An inpsirational message from Paul Hawken (to a... →

I have a couple of issues with this ‘inspirational’ speech from Paul Hawken - he first loses me when he claims that “kindness to strangers” has religious roots (I would argue that the opposite would be more accurate). And then he really riles me with seemingly reverential references to Moses (the guy who, it is alleged, in the Book of Numbers ordered that all women and male...

Jun 5th

Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds →

May 30th

The Halo Effect - Author's Blog →

Companion site to Phil Rosenzweig’s book. Note to self: check out the further reading section http://www.the-halo-effect.com/links/index.html

May 27th

Hitchens Zone - Christopher Hitchens Articles and... →

I have seen no evidence of the existence of god, and his name is Christopher Hitchens.

May 27th

Will all the ill-informed and illiterate ignorami who feel compelled to share their stupidity with the online world grow up to be the ill-informed and inarticulate ignorami who feel compelled to share their stupidity with talk-back radio listeners? And more importantly, did I just become one of them?

May 27th

Watch

COLLISION - 13 min VIMEO Exclusive Sneak Peek on Vimeo (via Vimeo)

May 24th

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Hubble telescope images. →

May 24th

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/ →

matthewwright: Wow - first Truthdig, now this - I’m not going to find time to read The Telegraph or The NY Times any more…

May 12th

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Foreign Policy: The List: Five Disease Outbreaks... →

May 12th

Change This website - some interesting ideas. Some... →

May 8th

Nazis and Christianity article from Free Inquiry... →

May 6th

“Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make when in the...”

– http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/200512_an_atheist_manifesto/?ln

May 6th

Visual Search | Searchme.com →

Search engine that allows you to view and scroll through websites or vids or images relating to your search term. Probably does more than that - must check it out properly some time.

May 2nd

Pattie Maes demos the Sixth Sense | Video on... →

This demo — from Pattie Maes’ lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry — was the buzz of TED. It’s a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine “Minority Report” and then some.

Apr 24th

McKinsey Chart Focus →

A chart that attempts to describe the net greenhouse gas impact of computers, data storage, and communications devices.

Apr 24th