July 2010
49 posts
“I have never imputed to Nature a purpose or a goal, or anything that could be...”
– Albert Einstein, replying to a letter in 1954 or 1955; from Albert Einstein, The Human Side (via metheliving) (via atheistramblings) (via friendlyatheist)
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“We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in....”
– Richard Dawkins
“Religion has convinced people that there’s an invisible man … living in the sky....”
– George Carlin
“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he...”
– Epicurus
“In science it often happens that scientists say, ‘You know that’s a really good...”
– Carl Sagan
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“I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you...”
– Stephen Roberts
“An Atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An...”
– Madalyn Murray O’Hair
“A man’s ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education,...”
– Albert Einstein, “Religion and Science,” 1956
“Our ignorance is God; what we know is science.”
– Robert G. Ingersoll (The Age of Reason) (via ageofreason)
“Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.”
– Voltaire (The Age of Reason) (via ageofreason) (via kari-ava)
The FSM Game! →
Forget Brainstorming →
toldorknown:
Brainstorming in a group became popular in 1953 with the publication of a business book, Applied Imagination. But it’s been proven not to work since 1958, when Yale researchers found that the technique actually reduced a team’s creative output: the same number of people generate more and better ideas separately than together.
None of us are as dumb as all of us.
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“For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist...”
– Carl Sagan (via mohandasgandhi) (via itsfullofstars) (via stevenseiler)
“La realidad es aquello que, cuando dejas de creer en ella, no desaparece.”
– Philip K. Dick
“If I were to suggest that between the Earth and Mars there is a china teapot...”
– Bertrand Russell
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“You, your joys and your sorrows, your memories and your ambitions, your sense of...”
– Francis Harry Compton Crick
“God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the...”
– Carl Sagan (via Age of Reason Forum) (via ageofreason)
The Office, Season 3, Ep 10: A Benihana Christmas
Carol: What is this?
Michael: That's my X-mas card. It's a picture of you and me and the kids on a ski trip having a blast. Skison greetings.
C: No, see. We never went on a ski trip.
M: I know.
C: I went on a ski trip...
M: Right.
C: ...two years ago with kids and my ex-husband...
M: Err, yes but what you didn't realize at the time was that I was with you, in a sense, I was in your heart...
C: Michael!
M: ...and next to your kids. What?
C: This is so weird.
M: I don't understand.
“Many people claim to find it impossible to believe or to imagine that they won’t...”
– Sam Harris (via cocknbull) (via danielholter) (via friendlyatheist)
“I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don’t have as many people who...”
– George Carlin (via gcapet)
Tatuajes místicos
¿Sabían que en Tailandia, un tatuaje es un símbolo místico de protección contra la muerte? Los pandilleros se tatúan representaciones de varios dioses y creen que por portar esos tatuajes reciben una protección especial.
¿Qué loco no? Igual de loco que traer un crucifijo en el cuello, un santito de cabeza para tratar de buscar novio o un engomado de la virgencita plis para proteger el auto.
“Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your...”
– Lawrence M. Krauss
“Remember, Jesus would rather constantly shame gays than let orphans have a...”
– Stephen Colbert (via loveyourchaos) (via moxielicious)
