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The debate about accomodationism of religion, the tone this debate should be held in, and the more confrontational stance of the gnu atheists, often gets framed like this : Version 1: “The mean gnu atheists want to tell granny on her deathbed that there isn’t a god, and that’s such a dick move.” Version 2: […]
Freedom House have published a study on the impact of blasphemy laws in 7 countries, from Greece to Poland, titled “Policing Belief“.The principal question is really whether blasphemy laws violate or protect human rights.There have been recent attempts at a political level, through the United Nations, by countries like Saudi-Arabia(which ironically employs a religious police […]
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RA is not rare, and its course if often not benign.The prevalence is around 1%, so 1 in 100 people have this condition.Females are 2-3 times more likely to get it, and the peak incidence is around 35-50 years of age.Of identical twins, the concordance is 15-20%, which suggests that non-genetic factors play an important […]
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Vogue Australia editor-in-chief Kirstie Clements loathes seeing sunburnt shoulders and tipsy women staggering with shoes in hand. She advises waiting until at least 1pm to start drinking, “so you’re still in a nice condition when you leave” “You see girls in strapless dresses, all sunburnt and drunk and carrying their shoes, and it’s truly awful,” […]
Indeed if universes are born in black holes then the heavy elements are a biproduct of the process and that explains why the universe is so fine-tuned for life. Science actually knows how that happens, and it’s not in black holes. In the beginning (well, after the beginning, but we’ll start here), there was hydrogen. […]