God is Weightless by David F. Wells

Tolle Lege

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Babylonian Creation Myth

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The Egyptian Creation Myth

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Alvin Plantinga’s Review of Sam Harris’ “Free Will”

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12 Cognitive Biases

Fascinating. 

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The Success Indicator

This really grabbed my attention. I hope to write something about it.

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Consumer Capitalism, Nationalism, and their Logical Conclusions

Depardieu embraces Russia in an attempt to keep more of his own money. 

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Mortality, Iluvatar’s Gift to Humanity

I’ve been reading Tolkien’s Silmarillion and was caught off guard at one point where Tolkien talks about mortality as being a gift Iluvatar (the creator god in Tolkien’s universe) gave to humanity. I found that puzzling.

Two links posted by Jack Roeda, one on George Saunders pondering how death impacts life, and the other an atheist complaint about religious talk about life after death.

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On Perception and Bias

Why your friends have more friends than you do

If you go to the gym you look around and see that everyone there is in better shape than you are. Why? Because of the sample.

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Congratulations, We Accomplished Our Goal

College Students have more self-esteem than achievement. This story appears regularly and should come as no surprise.

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