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

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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

Related to: The Known Universe

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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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:
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Also watch: The Satanic Verses Affair

P S English and German subtitles provided by AlsanaAziz and thanks to JB for the cover.


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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

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The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie (Unabridged Audiobook + E-book)

"The Satanic Verses, by the Indian-born British author Salman Rushdie, holds a unique place in the history of literary censorship. In 1989, Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, condemned the book for blasphemy against Islam and issued an edict calling for its author’s execution. The death threat drove Rushdie into hiding, and the furor over the novel escalated to become an unprecedented event of global dimensions." Margaret Bald, Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds

No book in modern times has matched the uproar sparked by Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, which earned its author a death sentence. Furor aside, it is a marvelously erudite study of good and evil, a feast of language served up by a writer at the height of his powers, and a rollicking comic fable. The book begins with two Indians, Gibreel Farishta ("for fifteen years the biggest star in the history of the Indian movies") and Saladin Chamcha, a Bombay expatriate returning from his first visit to his homeland in 15 years, plummeting from the sky after the explosion of their jetliner, and proceeds through a series of metamorphoses, dreams and revelations. Rushdie's powers of invention are astonishing in this Whitbread Prize winner. Amazon

Related to: The Satanic Verses Affair

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The Full Facts Book of Cold Reading: A Comprehensive Guide to the Most Persuasive Psychological Manipulation Technique in the World - Ian Rowland

This is the only Cold Reading book endorsed by Derren Brown, and the one which provided all the source material for one of Derren's earliest TV appearances. So if you want the real work, this is the book.

This is the definitive book on cold reading. It explains everything there is to know about this limitless technique! How can you apparently tell complete strangers about names, dates and events that mean something to them? In business, how can you seemingly get inside the mind of every lead, customer, client, colleague and rival? This book explains all, and is the most authoritative ever written on the subject. From the product description

Related to: Science of Scams Video Pack

Also watch: Richard Dawkins' The Enemies of Reason

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Nerdstock: 9 Lessons and Carols for Godless People

Don't miss this 75 minute show which was filmed by the BBC, and celebrate science and reason with the performances from Robin Ince, Richard Dawkins, Brian Cox, Simon Singh and many more.



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Unintelligent Design: Why God Isn't as Smart as She Thinks She Is - Robyn Williams

Providing a humorous argument against creationism, this witty book debunks popular theories of intelligent design while showing how science can explain nearly everything, including sinus pain, hedonism, hernias, and morality. This critique of conservatism is supported by concrete scientific evidence and uses clever syllogisms to ask Why make the earth, the solar system, our galaxy, and all the rest when the Garden of Eden was all that was wanted? and If man is made in God’s image, does God ever get a back ache? Contending that intelligent design is a political movement that limits intellectual freedom, this book will fuel the current debate among fundamentalists, scientists, politicians, and the rest. Amazon

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The Human Spark (3 of 3) Brain Matters

In the last episode of the three-part series, The Human Spark, we journey into Alan Alda's head to find the core of our most human characteristics, to understand what makes us unique we explore the role of language and symbols, our skill with tools, how we are thinking about other people's thoughts, and plan future.

Aired January 20, 2010 on PBS.

The Other Episodes:
The Human Spark (2 of 3) So Human, So Chimp
The Human Spark (1 of 3) Becoming Us


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BBC - The Secret Life of Chaos

This film is the story of a series of bizarre and interconnected discoveries that revealed a hidden face of nature. It is about how inanimate matter with no purpose or design can spontaneously create exquisite beauty. It is about the same laws that make the universe chaotic and unpredictable, can turn the simple dust into human beings. You'll find out the astonishing beauty in the order of disorder and how computers simulate evolution, with an accompanying haunting soundtrack (including the tracks by Brian Eno, Philip Glass, Erik Satie etc.).

Broadcasted on January 17th 2010, BBC Four.

Related to: God, the Universe, & Everything Else - Stephen Hawking, Carl Sagan, Arthur C. Clarke



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The Human Spark (2 of 3) So Human, So Chimp

In the second episode of Human Spark, Alan Alda meets the scientists from both camps of the argument to find out what makes us different from chimps, or what makes us more alike than different.

Aired January 13, 2010 on PBS.

The Other Episodes:
The Human Spark (3 of 3) Brain Matters
The Human Spark (1 of 3) Becoming Us


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How Did You Lose Your Religion?

Ricky Gervais describes how he became an atheist.

The New War On Terrorism: Fact And Fiction - Noam Chomsky (Audiobook)

MIT Professor Noam Chomsky, in the one of his most anticipated lectures ever- answers the questions, "what happened on September 11th is a historic event, one which will change the history?", "what is the war against terrorism or what is terrorism?", "what are the origins of the crimes of 9/11?", "what policy options are there in fighting the war against terrorism?"

Track Listing:
01. Assumptions, Questions, and Goals
02. Afghanistan
03. Attacks on the US
04. Attacks by the West
05. Terrorism and the War on Nicaragua
06. Terrorism Works
07. Freedom Fighters and Terrorists
08. CIA and Terrorism
09. Turning Against the Master
10. Why do They Hate Us?
11. Combatting Terror
12. International Relations and The Credibility Factor
13. Sensible Solutions
14. Reducing Terror, Enduring Freedom

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The Evolution of Life in 60 Seconds

From the formation of the Earth, to the Cambrian Explosion, to the evolution of humans in 60 seconds.

Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin - Stephen J. Gould

The human mind has a trusty device for simplifying a complex world: reduce to averages and identify trends. Although valuable, the risk is that we ignore variations and end up with a skewed view of reality. In evolutionary terms, the result is a view in which humans are the inevitable pinnacle of evolutionary progress, instead of, as Stephen Jay Gould patiently argues, "a cosmic accident that would never arise again if the tree of life could be replanted." The implications of Gould's argument may threaten certain of our philosophical and religious foundations but will in the end provide us with a clearer view of, and a greater appreciation for, the complexities of our world. Amazon

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Darwin's Origin of Species: Books That Changed the World - Janet Browne (Audiobook)

It may seem peculiar to write a biography of a book, but Darwin's Origin of Species is certainly a worthy subject. A foremost Darwin biographer, Browne takes a straightforward approach to the life and times of this famous tome, beginning with Darwin's early years and journey around the world. She then explains how he developed his theory of evolution (a word that doesn't appear in the first edition) during his years as a country scientist. Darwin included an unusual chapter on things he couldn't yet explain with his theory. Browne makes the fascinating point that Darwin highly respected his American friend Asa Gray, whose views were very similar to those of today's advocates of intelligent design. Browne's final chapter on the book's legacy isn't comprehensive, but it's a good summary of subsequent modifications to Darwin's theory. This excellent introduction is highly recommended for all readers who want to better understand the heated debates that this book still causes today. Publishers Weekly

Related to: On The Origin of Species - Charles Darwin (Edited and Read by Richard Dawkins)


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Creation (2009)

Creation is a fascinating cinematic experience from start to finish, and it is hard to resist its captivating magic. Honestly, I was thinking that I would watch something like one of the ordinary biography documentaries, but I was totally wrong. The director Jon Amiel's nice touches and clever ideas create a subtle movie, make Darwin more human and more real. I sometimes laughed with joy and sometimes --I confess-- cried. Paul Bettany was brilliant in his role and Martha West was cute as Darwin's daughter Annie. The movie tells a short period of time, and mostly deals with the loss of Annie, and Darwin's personal dilemma before he published On the Origin of Species, but it's a rare opportunity to look from the eyes of a genius mind who "killed God".

A scene from Creation (Darwin vs Reverend Innes)

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Help Haiti with Google's Support Disaster Relief, SHARE or RDFRS

The strongest earthquake in over 200 years struck Haiti. Hospitals were seriously damaged and thousands of injured people wait for care outside.

On Google's Support Disaster Relief site, you can easily donate money to UNICEF or CARE. Some charities on the following site accept payments by cash, also some organizations accept SMS donations.

http://www.haitiearthquake.com

UPDATE!


Now you can help via the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science:

http://givingaid.richarddawkins.net/


Also you can make a donation via Skeptics and Humanist Aid and Relief Effort.

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If Religions were Real

Found on planetatheism.com

Biblical Nonsense: A Review of the Bible for Doubting Christians - Jason Long

Author Dr. Jason Long is a former Christian who condenses the most significant biblical problems into this single volume. Unlike other books in the field that delve into only one topic, this manuscript, comprehensible even to those who have never opened a Bible, is a full-fledged attempt to demonstrate that God’s supposed word is a product of human minds, not divine inspiration. Dr. Long’s fresh experiences in the church and advanced levels of educational enlightenment make him the perfect individual to present this vehemently unpopular, yet undeniably appealing topic. Amazon


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A Jihad for Love (2007)

"NAIL-BITING!" New York Times

"I was terrified. I received 100 lashes in an hour. My mother was notified that I was lashed. When I took off my shirt, she cried. Because of her, I left. I didn't want her to suffer and see my pain anymore."

Being different than others, and to confront the community pressure are not always easy. Especially if you are a gay in a Muslim country such as Egypt or Iran you have to face the fact that you may have jail sentence, be tortured or be punished by death for the homosexual act. According to the Islamic law, a homosexual should be thrown from a mountain or stoned to death. Ibn Abbas, Muhammad's cousin, reports how homosexuals were punished in Muhammad's period: "If you find anyone doing as Lot's people did, kill the one who does it, and the one to whom it is done" (Abu Dawud no. 4447)

A Jihad for Love dares to be the voice of the silenced ones and tells the struggles of gay/lesbian people from Egypt, Iran, India and so on. Some decided to get marry with a woman, some leaved their country to avoid the death penalty, some risked to be away from their home and chose to be a refugee to live with their real identities.

This is their tragic story.

Also watch: Campaign of Torture & Murder of Gay Men in Iraq



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