Epic!
Monday, January 2, 2012
Seeking an Audience with Miscavige
I ask Mike Rinder if he thinks David Miscavige will grant me an interview for my documentary on Scientology.
Knowledge Report: Seeking an Audience with Miscavige
Knowledge Report: Seeking an Audience with Miscavige
Child: If you are NOT a Christian you must hear this
"If you are NOT a Christian you must hear this"
John Lennon's "Imagine" BASTARDIZED by Cee Lo Green on New Years Eve!
The correct phrase is: "AND NO RELIGION TOO" CNN, Anderson Cooper & Kathy Griffin at Times Square
Happy New Year atheists: Do you care?
Religion is Man-Made is now in year 6. Every year until now has been with more posts than the year before. In 2011 I made 1495 post about religion and knowledge.
But does it matter? Does anybody become more educated? Does anybody leave their religion because of it?
I don't know. I don't get many coments and the ones I get is not realy the thoughtfull ones.
The number of times Religion is Man-Made has been updated so far:
► 2011 (1495 times)
► 2010 (1477 times)
► 2009 (1314 times)
► 2008 (765 times)
► 2007 (34 times)
If you like the work I do, please say so. I send hours everyday making this website. Time taking from others things I am supposed to do.
But does it matter? Does anybody become more educated? Does anybody leave their religion because of it?
I don't know. I don't get many coments and the ones I get is not realy the thoughtfull ones.
The number of times Religion is Man-Made has been updated so far:
► 2011 (1495 times)
► 2010 (1477 times)
► 2009 (1314 times)
► 2008 (765 times)
► 2007 (34 times)
If you like the work I do, please say so. I send hours everyday making this website. Time taking from others things I am supposed to do.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Lone Frank - The life and mutations of a cognitive parasite
The life and mutations of a cognitive parasite
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A prominent theory of religion as a natural phenomenon holds that superstitious ideas should be understood as cognitive parasites. They exist and spread and are successful not because they were adaptive in the evolution of early humans but because they fit extremely well with how the human brain itself adapted and evolved.
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The way religion and religiosity are changing forms and practice over time can be seen as the parasite's mutations and adaptations to shifting environments. At the moment, traditional religion is mutating in Western Europe into less organized and more personalized forms. But does that make it a more innocuous parasite?
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About Lone Frank:
As a staff writer at Weekendavisen, Denmark's leading newspaper, Lone Frank is Denmark's most distinguished science writer and a well-known voice in debates about science, technology and society. She is widely invited as a public speaker.
Frank has written for leading international publications, such as Science and Nature Biotechnology, and regularly appears as a commentator on Danish radio and television. In 2007 and 2008 she presented and co-produced two series of television programmes on controversial science for the Danish National Broadcasting Corporation, DR (one of them entitled Religionsparasitten, transl. "Religion -- a parasite").
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A prominent theory of religion as a natural phenomenon holds that superstitious ideas should be understood as cognitive parasites. They exist and spread and are successful not because they were adaptive in the evolution of early humans but because they fit extremely well with how the human brain itself adapted and evolved.
2/5
The way religion and religiosity are changing forms and practice over time can be seen as the parasite's mutations and adaptations to shifting environments. At the moment, traditional religion is mutating in Western Europe into less organized and more personalized forms. But does that make it a more innocuous parasite?
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About Lone Frank:
As a staff writer at Weekendavisen, Denmark's leading newspaper, Lone Frank is Denmark's most distinguished science writer and a well-known voice in debates about science, technology and society. She is widely invited as a public speaker.
Frank has written for leading international publications, such as Science and Nature Biotechnology, and regularly appears as a commentator on Danish radio and television. In 2007 and 2008 she presented and co-produced two series of television programmes on controversial science for the Danish National Broadcasting Corporation, DR (one of them entitled Religionsparasitten, transl. "Religion -- a parasite").
Protecting the right to teach evolution
In this video from iBioMagazine, Genie Scott talks about what the NCSE does and why, the ever-present creationist threat, and how you can make a difference.
Progress capsule re-entering Earth's atmosphere
On October 29, 2011, a Progress resupply capsule undocked from the International Space Station, de-orbited, and burned up in the atmosphere. This short video was made from separate still images taken by an astronaut on board the ISS.
The Earth is round!
The Earth is round!
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