On balance . . .
Here's another quicky post from a site called Dark Roasted Blend. I haven't tried any of these elegant balancing acts, but I plan to.
The Great Afterlife Debate: Michael Shermer v. Deepak Chopra
Shermer and Chopra traded articles at Skeptic Magazine, but they really didn't communicate. Shermer got me on board with comments like this: Here is the reality. It has been estimated that in the last 50,000 years about 106 billion humans were born. Of the 100 billion people born before the…
I just bought a $5 million hard drive at Best Buy
What I actually did was to pay $199 for a Western Digital “MyBook” 500 Gb external hard drive. While comparing hard drive prices, however, I stopped a moment to consider how incredibly far hard drive prices have fallen over the years. I concluded that I was getting a windfall no…
Seeing with one’s tongue
What is the name of that organ we use to see? The brain, of course. Admittedly, our eyes are critically important for interpreting light rays, at least for those who have eyes that work. For those whose eyes don't work, however, hope is on the way. Using a special device…
Carl Sagan on the failure of many religions to consider the rest of the universe
Carl Sagan's new article can be found in the March/April 2007 edition of Skeptical Inquirer. It is titled "Science's Vast Cosmic Perspective Eludes Religion." Well, okay. As you know, Carl Sagan died of pneumonia in 1996. This "new" article was actually prepared by Ann Druyan, based on lectures Sagan gave…
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