Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Daniel C. Dennet: Atheist-Theist Dialogue

As long as those who are believers will acknowledge that their allegiance gives them no privilege, no direct line to the absolute truth, no advantage in moral insight
"..can we public atheists have productive conversations with believers? Certainly. We can discuss every issue under the sun...respecting each other as citizens with honest disagreements about fundamental matters that can be subjected to reasonable, open inquiry and mutual persuasion... As long as those who are believers will acknowledge that their allegiance gives them no privilege, no direct line to the absolute truth, no advantage in moral insight, we should be able to get along just fine."
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Atheism - BBC Reference Site

clipped from www.bbc.co.uk
Atheism

Atheists are people who do not believe in a god or gods (or other immaterial beings), or who believe that these concepts are not meaningful.

Some atheists put it more firmly and believe that god or gods do not exist.

Features

  • Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins

    Richard Dawkins is one of the most famous scientists in Britain, has authored many popular books, and is a vocal pro-humanist.

  • ReasonsReasons

    This article is an indepth look at some of the reasons why people choose atheism, and some of the most influential atheist thinkers and their arguments.

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How to do research, not just search

Good advice from Dave Pollard as to how to do research. I especially liked his thoughts on citing secondary sources.
clipped from blogs.salon.com
ProcessofExposition

I've run into three
situations lately where I've advised people trying to start up
businesses to 'do their research'. What surprised me is that they
didn't know how to do
research. They are brilliant at doing searches,
and even figuring out what 'boolean strings' to use to get quickly to
the best search results, but the rest of the research process is a
mystery to them. So this is a bit of a primer on the research process.

Since research is the lion's
share of steps (a) and (b), let's take a look at these three steps in a
little more detail.

All of this is, of course, easier said than done. It takes a lot of
practice. But if you work at it, you'll find you become an excellent
researcher, and a more disciplined and critical thinker as well. And
those are skills with value far beyond the world of writing.
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Inside the Brain - Alzheimer disease

clipped from www.alz.org

Inside the Brain: An Interactive
Tour

What happens in the brain of a person with
Alzheimer’s disease? This tour explains how the brain works and how Alzheimer's affects it.

Taking the tour: There are 16 interactive
slides. Move forward or back one slide at a time by clicking
on the arrows. You can also jump to any slide by clicking
on its number at the top of each page.

As you view each slide, roll
your mouse over any colored text
that appears on each
page to highlight special features of each image.


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Buddhist Sand Art

clipped from www.funmansion.com

Buddhist monks from the Namgyal Monastery in Ithaca, New York will construct a five-and-a-half foot Medicine Buddha sand mandala in the Ackland's Yager Gallery of Asian Art. On that day, the monks will dismantle the mandala and deposit the sand in a body of water. This process symbolizes the transience of life and the ideal of nonattachment to the material world.
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Photoshopped Film Scenes

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Beautiful Landscape Photos

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