Sunday, February 7, 2010

Noah's Ark - God, Giraffes & Genocide



Also watch: Family Guy - Noah's Ark

Related to: BBC - Noah's Ark: The Real Story

Saturday, February 6, 2010

The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell



Few philosophers have had a more profound influence on the course of modern philosophy than Bertrand Russell. The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell is a comprehensive anthology of Russell’s most definitive essays written between 1903 and 1959. First published in 1961, this remarkable collection is a testament to a philosopher whom many consider to be one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century. This is an essential introduction to the brilliance of Bertrand Russell. Amazon

Including the essays "A Free Man's Worship", "The Essence of Religion", "What is an Agnostic?", "Why I am not a Christian", "Can Religion Cure Our Troubles" etc.

Related to: Collected Works and Essays of Bertrand Russell


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Shaking Hands with Death - Terry Pratchett



The author of bestselling Discworld series, Sir Terry Pratchett who was diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease, gives the 34th Richard Dimbleby Lecture from the Royal College of Physicians in London, facing his disease and the death taboo.

Broadcasted on February 1, 2010, BBC One

Also watch: Richard Dimbleby Lecture - Richard Dawkins


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Sunday, January 31, 2010

The Human Brain: How We Decide



What happens in your brain when you make a decision? How can you make better ones from choosing a cereal to finding a flight path for safety? Science writer Jonah Lehrer tackles decision making small and large in his book How We Decide.

How We Decide - Jonah Lehrer (Unabridged Audiobook + E-book)



The first book to use the unexpected discoveries of neuroscience to help us make the best decisions.

Since Plato, philosophers have described the decision-making process as either rational or emotional: we carefully deliberate, or we blink and go with our gut. But as scientists break open the mind's black box with the latest tools of neuroscience, they re discovering that this is not how the mind works. Our best decisions are a finely tuned blend of both feeling and reason and the precise mix depends on the situation. When buying a house, for example, it's best to let our unconscious mull over the many variables. But when we're picking a stock, intuition often leads us astray. The trick is to determine when to use the different parts of the brain, and to do this, we need to think harder (and smarter) about how we think.

Jonah Lehrer arms us with the tools we need, drawing on cutting-edge research as well as the real-world experiences of a wide range of deciders from airplane pilots and hedge fund investors to serial killers and poker players. Lehrer shows how people are taking advantage of the new science to make better television shows, win more football games, and improve military intelligence. His goal is to answer two questions that are of interest to just about anyone, from CEOs to firefighters: How does the human mind make decisions? And how can we make those decisions better? Amazon

Also watch: The Human Brain: How We Decide


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Saturday, January 30, 2010

The Scale of the Universe



A beautiful and elegant flash application which allows you to zoom from the edge of the universe to the quantum foam of space time: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/525347

PS Thanks JC for this cool link. Visit his nice blog: http://evilself.blogspot.com

Whatever Works (2009)



Woody Allen is at his best once again! Well, this movie got some negative reviews, but after watching it I disagreed with them. Whatever Works is smart, witty and extremely funny movie with full of sarcastic dialogues, as you expect from a Woody Allen work. He has never been hesitant in satirizing religion, or Christianity, however Whatever Works increases the dose and expresses Woody's ideas in a more atheistic tone. This hilarious scene explains much more:

WARNING: Contains some spoilers!


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Friday, January 29, 2010

The Sivas Massacre



On July, 1993 one of the greatest massacres in Turkey's recent history occurred in Sivas. During Alevi celebrations, a group of intellectuals and artists who stay at Madimak Hotel was surrounded by 15000 religious fanatics. The main target of the crowd was Aziz Nesin (a famous and prolific author, an atheist and Turkish translator of The Satanic Verses). The Islamic radicals set fire to the hotel and 37 people died burning or suffocating. This documentary tells minute by minute how tension escalated right before the massacre and these horrific events occurred after that.

Read about the aftermath:
http://wwww.bianet.org/english/religion/115655-dont-forget-sivas
http://wwww.bianet.org/english/minorities/107958-turkey-must-face-the-sivas-massacre

Also watch: The Satanic Verses Affair

P. S English and German subtitles provided by AlsanaAziz


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Cooking with Christ - Hosted by Mrs. Betty Bowers



Today's recipe is best prepared with children!

Also watch: Betty Bowers Explains Traditional Marriage to Everyone Else

The Truth About Muhammad: Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion - Robert Spencer (Unabridged Audiobook + E-book)



In this startling new book, New York Times bestselling author Robert Spencer, provides a warts-and-all portrait of the Prophet of Islam and draws out what his life implies for reforming Islam and repulsing Islamic terrorists. Spencer relies solely on primary sources considered reliable by Muslims and evaluates modern biographies to show how Muhammad has been changed for Western audiences, lulling them into consoling but false conclusions. Amazon

Related to: Islam Unveiled by Robert Spencer


File size: 282 MB

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