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Great Doubt: Some Old Poems

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Thoughts on science, skepticism, history, politics, philosophy, freethinking, rationalism, literature, food, music, movies, family, fatherhood, life and happiness. Sunday, January 12, 2014. So without further fuss. We're not usually this easy-. Usually we would catch. A wave breaking steep and early like that,. We wouldn't fuck, greedily, unhappily. On a first date,. We wouldn't reach for the cigarettes. We carry even though we've quit,. We would have written a better poem,. Alive and not up to the task.

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Great Doubt: April 2012

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Thoughts on science, skepticism, history, politics, philosophy, freethinking, rationalism, literature, food, music, movies, family, fatherhood, life and happiness. Sunday, April 15, 2012. And the Walls Came Down, bah bum. 8230; all the way to Hell. (Traveling Wilburys' Tweeter and the Monkey Man,. I finished a book a few months back, Reading in the Brain,. It's the answer to the next question that I found particularly fascinating- what parts of the brain's visual toolbox are the co-opted for reading?

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Great Doubt: February 2012

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Thoughts on science, skepticism, history, politics, philosophy, freethinking, rationalism, literature, food, music, movies, family, fatherhood, life and happiness. Saturday, February 25, 2012. When teaching writing, we remind our students that for a writer to completely capture their subject they need to make sure they've answered the 5 Ws: Who? The first is, I rather dislike the term “atheist,” and avoid it whenever possible. In fact, now that I'm well past the point of needing to make t...Term for anyt...

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Great Doubt: Creative

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Thoughts on science, skepticism, history, politics, philosophy, freethinking, rationalism, literature, food, music, movies, family, fatherhood, life and happiness. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Unstoppable Force, Immovable Object. View my complete profile. The opinions expressed on these pages are those of the author alone, and have no affiliation whatsoever with his employer, or anyone else whose name or likeness may be mentioned in these pages. Theme images by wingmar.

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Great Doubt: November 2011

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Thoughts on science, skepticism, history, politics, philosophy, freethinking, rationalism, literature, food, music, movies, family, fatherhood, life and happiness. Friday, November 18, 2011. Occupy and the Tea Party. 8221; Point conceded (although some arguments could be made on the last point, but that is outside the scope here.). Species, if they wanted to accumulate the wealth that Paulson acquired between the time the Yankees won the world series in 2009 and when the Giants won it in 2010. (Of co...

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Great Doubt: Recipes

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Thoughts on science, skepticism, history, politics, philosophy, freethinking, rationalism, literature, food, music, movies, family, fatherhood, life and happiness. One of the finest ways to eat the unclean beast. The summer classic, revealed! Cooking 101. You need to get this down if you have any pretensions to being a chef. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Unstoppable Force, Immovable Object. View my complete profile. Theme images by wingmar.

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Great Doubt: November 2013

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Thoughts on science, skepticism, history, politics, philosophy, freethinking, rationalism, literature, food, music, movies, family, fatherhood, life and happiness. Friday, November 29, 2013. Meditations IV, 3. I've been reading and rereading a verse from Marcus Aurelius' Meditations. After all, what is it that frets you? The vices of humanity? Or is it your allotted portion in the universe that chafes you? Reflect that the mind has but to detach itself and apprehend its own powers, to be no longer involv...

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Great Doubt: Links

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Thoughts on science, skepticism, history, politics, philosophy, freethinking, rationalism, literature, food, music, movies, family, fatherhood, life and happiness. Because sometimes, someone else says it better than I can:. A series of articles, some I agree with, some I do not, that challenge the "conventional wisdom" on a wide range of issues. Charles, Prince of Piffle. Why abandoning science and reason is such a horrible, horrible idea. Last nail in the coffin? Beatifying the protector of child rapists.

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Great Doubt: May 2012

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Thoughts on science, skepticism, history, politics, philosophy, freethinking, rationalism, literature, food, music, movies, family, fatherhood, life and happiness. Friday, May 11, 2012. Going to Our Power. And so the boys slipped into the periphery of my attention. But the pattern continued. This caused me to reflect. Why were they so unreachable? This is what I mean by Power. The feeling of competence, capability and influence that we all have in some areas of life, but not in others. Where am I not.

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Great Doubt: June 2011

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Thoughts on science, skepticism, history, politics, philosophy, freethinking, rationalism, literature, food, music, movies, family, fatherhood, life and happiness. Monday, June 13, 2011. Love in the Jungle, Part Two. The previous post discussed a book, The Myth Of Monogamy. By David Barash and Judith Lipton, that investigates the role of "monogamy" in the animal world, and what that might mean for human beings. That post also mentioned a book, The Moral Lives of Animals. The Moral Lives of Animals. This,...