Category: Mix

Our Fickle Minds | Daniel Miessler
07
Apr
2025

Our Fickle Minds | Daniel Miessler

I read news items by opening them in background Firefox tabs from Google Reader. I go through the feeds that…

Why Scott Adams is Wrong about Atheism
06
Apr
2025

Why Scott Adams is Wrong about Atheism

Scott Adams of Dilbert fame has come out and challenged the intellectual merits of atheism. In a recent blog post…

A Letter To Religious Moderates
06
Apr
2025

A Letter To Religious Moderates

Accepted wisdom says we should respect moderates and look down on fundamentalists. This is supposedly because the moderates know how…

What Matters More for Acceleration: Horsepower or Torque?
06
Apr
2025

What Matters More for Acceleration: Horsepower or Torque?

When I bought my first real car I became (for the first time) moderately curious about vehicle performance. I set…

Bee-yond the Hive: Debug Your Day
06
Apr
2025

Bee-yond the Hive: Debug Your Day

Feeling Stuck? Try Tiny Changes & Become Your Own Scientist Do you ever feel like those complicated productivity systems everyone…

Jesus’ Death Was Not a Sacrifice
06
Apr
2025

Jesus’ Death Was Not a Sacrifice

There’s one question I’ve never heard asked as part of an inquiry into Christianity: Why was Jesus’ so-called “sacrifice” considered…

Shibboleths and Logical Fallacies | Daniel Miessler
06
Apr
2025

Shibboleths and Logical Fallacies | Daniel Miessler

My friend Steven has some interesting things to say about, “begging the question”. In brief, it doesn’t mean to introduce…

The Aesthetics vs. Features iPhone Debate
06
Apr
2025

The Aesthetics vs. Features iPhone Debate

Ok, there are two basic arguments here. I’ll summarize them below: Features Rule Everything (Anti-iPhone)Look, it doesn’t matter how cool…

The Life or Death of Harry Potter
06
Apr
2025

The Life or Death of Harry Potter

A guest essay by Jason Powell,   I want to start this by acknowledging millions of fans that don’t want…

The Atheist’s Dilemma: Logical Conclusions to the Lack of Free Will
06
Apr
2025

The Atheist’s Dilemma: Logical Conclusions to the Lack of Free Will

I have a number of friends that are religious fundamentalists. We enjoy debating the important issues of our respective belief…

The Bimbo And The Caveman: Relationships vs. Nature
06
Apr
2025

The Bimbo And The Caveman: Relationships vs. Nature

Have you ever noticed that the more intelligent a man is the less masculine he tends to be? And doesn’t…

An Alternative View of the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
06
Apr
2025

An Alternative View of the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

June 17, 2007 Here’s an alternate way of viewing the issue — one that isn’t heard very often. Israel =…