skepticism Archive

  • AthiestBus

    How to convert people to atheism using NLP

    I’ve been surreptitiously undermining the faith of people around me for years. I think it’s a delightful thing to do. Here is a collection of techniques explained in terms of NLP that I find to be particularly effective. [Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is a way of...

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  • Tim Minchin’s Storm: A great song for skepticism

    Tim Minchin’s Storm: A great song for skepticism

    This is what I wish I could do when I come into contact with people who are wildly opinionated and deeply gullible folk: Burst into witty song and soak up rapturous applause. Instead I just roll my eyes or challenge them clumsily. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg...

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  • EvolutionReligion

    Evolution of Religion: 6 psychological traits that make you believe in God

    I don’t hate religious people like I don’t hate people with cancer. But I hate the disease. And evangelical disease spreaders who sneeze stupidity everywhere. They remind me of an annoying guy at a house party who keeps telling me how lame this party is...

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  • Even an optimist can see that the jar is fully empty.

    Emotional Beliefs

    Reposted from: http://www.harrykey.com/blogs/emotional-beliefs/ The danger with emotional beliefs is that they are rarely questioned with reasoning, and yet they are defended with passion. Their hidden value is their demonstration of how wonderful we humans are. It seems as if the harder the idea is to...

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