Monthly Archives: December 2007

Discrimination Against Atheists

Posted on December 30, 2007 by Strange Loops

A survey from Pew (Sep 2007) reported on Americans’ opinions of various religions. Basically, most people (76%) tend to have a favorable opinion of Jews and Catholics, more than half (53-60%) like Evangelical Christians, Mormons and Muslim Americans, though non-American … Continue reading →

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Death Gives Life Meaning, or Cognitive Dissonance?

Posted on December 29, 2007 by Strange Loops

The Singularity Institute (Oct 2007) posted a piece on how immortality can give meaning to a life, in much the same way people have argued that death gives meaning to our lives. The author, E. Yudkowsky, gives some common arguments … Continue reading →

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Dolphin Language?

Posted on December 29, 2007 by Strange Loops

The Telegraph (Dec 2007) has a story on Liz Hawkins’ research into dolphin communication which claims they might be using language. Basically, they used different whistles and clicks depending on environmental and behavioral context. Not exactly a surprise: many species … Continue reading →

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New Blog Design, With RSS

Posted on December 28, 2007 by Strange Loops

I’ve switched my blog over from hand-coded HTML to a more comprehensive, managed solution (with open-source WordPress software).  The blog now allows syndication (click RSS up at the top of the menubar), and will have a tag cloud at the … Continue reading →

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