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A Moved Mover

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:38:09 GMT

clipped by: balthazarus
clipper's remarks: An interesting account that names and refute all arguments favoring a godly existence of any sort.
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As David Hume wrote over 200 years ago in his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion,
"What peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call thought,
that we must thus make it the model of the whole universe?"

Clip Source: www.ebonmusings.org

Unmoved Mover

God is not a being that exists by mere definition (as the ontological argument unsuccessfully tries to establish); nor is God a mere mental state, with no existence independent of people's minds (at least, not according to most theists); nor is God's existence a necessary proposition to make sense of the world (as the presuppositional argument tries and fails to claim). Therefore, we can safely conclude that God's existence is not a properly basic belief, but rather an empirical proposition about the external world; it can only be properly supported by evidence, not mere assertion

it may surprise them to learn that all the most commonly heard arguments for God's existence have been around in one form or another literally for centuries

all of them were refuted soon after they were first proposed

The Ontological Argument

The Cosmological Argument

The Design Argument

The Moral Argument

The Presuppositional Argument

Other Arguments

Tags: atheism

wieght loss surgery befits diabetics

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:14:11 GMT

clipped by: tweezer

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Weight-Loss Surgery May Be Beneficial for Diabetes

Two new diabetes studies lend further support to the idea that weight-loss surgery may benefit those with Type 2 disease.

Tags: health

Mark Ruffalo reads Henry David Thoreau

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:18:55 GMT

clipped by: The Infowarrior
clipper's remarks: I will never tire of reading or hearing Thoreau.

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

Mark Ruffalo reads Henry David Thoreau

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Actor Mark Ruffalo reads Henry David Thoreau's 1849 essay, "Civil Disobedience." Part of a reading of Voices of a People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove) at All Saints Church in Pasadena, CA on Feb 1, 2007.

Mark Ruffalo Henry David Thoreau Civil Disobedience Voices People's History Zinn Arnove Spoken Word

Tags: henry david thoreau, mark ruffalo, civil disobediance

knifeholder

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 04:13:42 GMT

clipped by: spiceybytes

Clip Source: www.thinkgeek.com

it's a wicked cool design for a knife holder and certainly a lot more edgy than the standard old block of wood. We're not sure who the designer might have been thinking of when he created this but we definitely like the results. And it includes five knives!.

This unique artistic knife holder is made of heavy duty ABS plastic and will be the talk of the party! It's an innovative knife suspension system with individual protective knife sleeves for each blade. The five knives are made from heavy gauge durable stainless steel. The slots are magnetized to secure knives in the holder. Overall, we'd say The Ex Knife Set is very cutting edge!

Tags: knifeholder, knives

You have ten times as many bacterial cells as human cells in your body.

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:54:14 GMT

clipped by: LoadPuller
clipper's remarks: Counting DNA, you are 99% bacteria and only 1% human.

Clip Source: www.ted.com

Talks Bonnie Bassler: Discovering bacteria's amazing communication system

Male Chimpanzees Share Meat in Return for Sex

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:01:23 GMT

clipped by: balthazarus
clipper's remarks: Yet another example for the complex relation and interaction that our closest ancestors participate in.

Clip Source: blogs.discovermagazine.com

Male Chimpanzees Share Meat in Return for Sex

A new study of a chimp community living in the western African nation Côte d’Ivoire has found that males regularly share meat from their hunting expeditions with females, and get sex in return.

The researchers observed males sharing meat with females in estrus, who have sexual swellings that indicate their current fertility

More surprising was that males shared meat with females that didn’t have sexual swellings, perhaps in hopes of future success, the researchers say

The findings, she says, support the theory that chimps can engage in long-term planning, anticipating future events and remembering past interactions.

The new study, published in the journal PLoS ONE, followed the group of chimps for three years

In the end, the researchers found that males “who shared meat with females doubled their mating success

form hunting parties to chase down and kill colobus monkeys and other animals. Hunters eat much, but not all

מהו הקטע הנקרא 'מה נשתנה'?

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:51:47 GMT

clipped by: agbalbin

Clip Source: www.ynet.co.il

מהו הקטע הנקרא 'מה נשתנה'? האם לפנינו קושיה אחת עם ארבע תשובות, או שיש בפנינו ארבע שאלות על ארבעה נושאים שונים, ואולי מדובר בשאלה אחת המפורטת בארבעה עניינים שונים.

How to cook an egg

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:35:15 GMT

clipped by: Lara Nieberding
clipper's remarks: one day I will cook an egg so it turns out the way I like it.

Clip Source: lifehacker.com

Cook the Perfect Boiled Egg with the Power of Science

Their "Art of cooking an egg" page contains a handy little Flash application that turns variables like egg circumference, desired yolk hardness, the egg's current temperature, and your elevation, then spits out exactly how long you should boil that egg. The site is in Norwegian, but this page provides a translation (minus the Flash app)—and reader Martin offered a quick rundown of what each segment of the Flash app asks for:

1st slider: The circumference of the egg (in cm)
2nd slider: How hard you want the egg yolk to be. (Hard = Hard, Middels = Medium, Bløtt = Soft)
3rd slider: Start temprature of the egg (on the botton, its directly from the fridge. In celcius)
4th slider: How high over the sea level you are in meters. (Because water boils faster the higher you are.) moh = meters over the sea level

Tags: easter, eggs, cooking, science

Useful Google Maps

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:04:07 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Though lots of people complain that Google is invading their privacy through this tool, they can't deny that this tool is very useful.

Clip Source: www.gfanatic.com

Google Maps and Directions

Google Maps is a free web mapping application that powers other related mapping services by Google– including map web embedding. Google offers Google maps and directions complete with route planner, street maps, and guides for vehicles such as bicycle, cars, business locator and pedestrians. There are also some cities with traffic details.

Also, Google world maps provide useful information especially on business locations. Customers are provided with accurate data on how to get to a certain location with adjacent establishments and streets. Google direction on a certain areas is often supported with close coordination among the developers to further expand its efficiency.

Tags: google maps, google directions, google, google world maps

What Are You Afraid Of?

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:25:12 GMT

clipped by: revenantdm
clipper's remarks: An interesting list and I picked out those I found THE most interesting to me... Funny that there are 4 or 5 words that designate Fear of Cats but only one for Fear of Snakes! Several definitions are like that with the "One Offs" being the more interesting to me...
We all fear something. No one is 100% fearless. I, myself, fear someone hurting others and even up til a certain age, I feared clowns...
My biggest fear is Demophobia, fear of crowds. I do not adjust well in front of strangers and at times I have to go inside myself deep to layer a certain sense of removal from strangers and crowds.. It is lumped under Social Anxiety by the Psychiatrists and it is... Yet, once I get to know you, good luck getting me to shut up!
Enjoy.
Though it does not say, I do not believe this list is all-inclusive.

Clip Source: www.phobiaguide.com

Alektorophobia Fear of chickens

Allodoxaphobia Fear of opinions

Amaxophobia Fear of riding in a car

Ambulophobia Fear of walking

Automatonophobia Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues

Bibliophobia Fear of books

Cacophobia Fear of ugliness

Caligynephobia Fear of beautiful women

Catagelophobia Fear of being ridiculed

Chaetophobia Fear of hair

Chorophobia Fear of dancing

Coimetrophobia Fear of cemeteries

Coulrophobia Fear of clowns

Didaskaleinophobia Fear of going to school

Ephebiphobia Fear of teenagers

Gamophobia Fear of marriage

Harpaxophobia Fear of being robbed

Iatrophobia Fear of doctors

Liticaphobia Fear of lawsuits

Lockiophobia Fear of childbirth

Macrophobia Fear of long waits

Numerophobia Fear of numbers

Ophthalmophobia Fear of being stared at

Phasmophobia Fear of ghosts

Placophobia Fear of tombstones

Pteronophobia Fear of being tickled by feathers

Pupaphobia fear of puppets

Sesquipedalophobia Fear of long words

Tachophobia Fear of speed

Tags: phobias, fears, psychology, list, lists, guide

8 Reasons Why Wandering the Internet Can Increase Productivity

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:02:36 GMT

clipped by: deusdiabolus
clipper's remarks: This information comes courtesy of a recent study conducted by the University of Melbourne.

Clip Source: www.computerworld.com

1. The subconscious mind keeps working.

2. It gets personal things off your mind.

3. It builds work relationships.

4. It converts real-time interactions into asynchronous ones.

5. It makes work more enjoyable.

6. It replaces bad slacking with good slacking.

7. The Internet is educational.

8. The mind will not be contained.

'Eureka machine' works (it is not April 1st)

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:12:41 GMT

clipped by: balthazarus
clipper's remarks: The Cornell machine uses a computer program that can search through huge amounts of data and look for underlying patterns. For example, a falling apple will abide by Newton's second law, which is often stated as F=ma, where F is the force acting on an object, m is its mass, and a is its acceleration. When fed information on the mass of the apple and its velocity as it falls, the machine would be able to work out the equation.

Lipson tested the machine by giving it information from basic lab experiments, such as swinging pendulums and tiny cars that moved up and down tracks on a cushion of air. After crunching through the data, the machine pinged and displayed several laws of motion and conservation of momentum.

The system runs its own checks to decide whether the laws it has found are likely to be interesting.

Clip Source: www.sciencemag.org

Distilling Free-Form Natural Laws from Experimental Data

For centuries, scientists have attempted to identify and documentanalytical laws that underlie physical phenomena in nature.Despite the prevalence of computing power, the process of findingnatural laws and their corresponding equations has resistedautomation

We propose a principle for theidentification of nontriviality

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Scientists have created a "Eureka machine" that can work out the laws of nature by observing the world around it – a development that could dramatically speed up the discovery of new scientific truths.

The machine took only hours to come up with the basic laws of motion, a task that occupied Sir Isaac Newton for years after he was inspired by an apple falling from a tree.

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

discovery of new scientific knowledge by a laboratory robot

The robot, called Adam, devised and performed experiments to investigate the genetics of bakers' yeast

The work marks a turning point in the way science is done

About smARThistory

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:39:54 GMT

clipped by: RayWatkins
clipper's remarks: Beth Harris is Director of Digital Learning at The Museum of Modern Art.

Steven Zucker is a specialist in 19th and 20th-century art and theory and dean of the School of Graduate Studies at the Fashion Institute of Technology, part of the State University of New York.

Clip Source: www.smarthistory.org

About smARThistory

Why We Made smARThistory
For years we have been dissatisfied with the large expensive art history textbook. We found that they were difficult for many students, contained too many images, and just were not particularly engaging. In addition, we had found the web resources developed by publishers to be woefully uncreative. We had developed quite a bit of content for our online Western art history courses and we had also created many podcasts, and a few screencasts for our smARThistory blog. So, it finally occurred to us, why not use the personal voice that we use when we teach online, along with the multimedia we had already created for our blog and for our courses, to create a more engaging "web-book" that could be used in conjunction with art history survey courses. We are also committed to joining the growing number of teachers who make their content freely available on the web.

Kosher for Pesach

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:00:37 GMT

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Clip Source: www.mahnishmah.com

Pesach Cleaning

How much of a 'machmur' are you for Pesach? Well, we found a person that just covers up EVERYTHING!

Tags: pesach, foil

A Chameleon in action

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:49:00 GMT

clipped by: janekl

Clip Source: www.digg.ee

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Tags: chameleon, video