or thoughts from everywhere.

25th May 2012

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ah, the theatre... →

22nd May 2012

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dangerous science →

Some people write better blog posts than me. (hint hint) I know this guy. If you can’t beat him, join him! This is also, in addition, fairly interesting. Give it a shot.

My general reaction: Western medicine is a little terrifying (although extremely valuable in other cases! Don’t get me wrong!). Western medicine, when combined with what appears to be willful ignorance, or a media storm that misses the point, or selfishness, or what have you, is literally dangerous.

How’s that for fear-mongering?

My specific reaction: why on earth do these things happen? Are people just accidentally not paying attention to the information they’re spreading?

22nd May 2012

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and then i watched TED talks

There was some sort of minor drama on TED recently because apparently they “censored” some dude from being seen.

This is the talk, posted to YouTube by TED, after the fact: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBx2Y5HhplI

Then these people said this:

http://www.nationaljournal.com/features/restoration-calls/too-hot-for-ted-income-inequality-20120516?mrefid=mostViewed

And then this guy said this:

http://tedchris.posterous.com/

But also, this guy said this:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/bruceupbin/2012/05/17/the-real-reason-that-ted-talk-was-censored-its-shoddy-and-dumb/

And a bit after it, this other guy said this:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/05/19/the-ignorance-of-nick-hanauers-ted-speech/

Also, this article has a poll. And charts. Including a pie chart:

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/why-did-ted-talks-originally-refuse-to-publish-this-presentation-on-taxing-the-rich/

There’s more, but you’re probably bored. Me, I even fell asleep in the middle of writing this post.

14th May 2012

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how critical thinkers lose their faith in god? →

12th May 2012

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And so it happened, that all things came to pass, and more things would still come. And I delighted in some, and said f*** you to still others.
— anonymous

28th April 2012

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7th April 2012

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every once in a while i like to share these random artists →

12th March 2012

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i don’t understand

I just watched a film where the penultimate scene was a hate-rape. Who rapes someone they hate? Why? I’m so confused. I mean, I get that it happens. But the empathy part of my brain has a hell of a time with the concept. Why?

2nd December 2011

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1st November 2011

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Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes.
— William Gibson