Uma pequena lição sobre a Bíblia...

Christopher Hitchens, demolidor como sempre.

Oh My God

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Oh My God - A Film by Peter Rodger
by ohmygodfilm

Oh My God - Página oficial

Oh My God - Trailer Apple

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Cortesia Pharyngula

"I never think delusion is a ok."

Ser a mudança, tirar o sorriso idiota da cara e mexer o traseiro pode ser uma boa ideia...

Hum, mas dá trabalho...

"Barbara Ehrenreich says people can't boost their immune systems or attract wealth with positive thoughts."

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Barbara Ehrenreich
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Ron Paul Interview

Mas, mas, "O Segredo" não resulta?

Cortesia onegoodmove

Food For Thought

Pois, como a piada não funciona em português, tive de recorrer ao original.

Se querem material para pensarem por vós e não viverem reduzidos a criaturas que alegremente se contentam com o seu "good book", que umas vezes é para ser levado à letra e noutras não, podem encontrar no Atheist Movies (livros, audiobooks, vídeos) algo para se entreterem...

Atheist Movies - Página oficial

Pistas para jovens ateus

Interessante a opinião deixada por Michael Dayah no seu blog Essays.

"If atheists want to position their beliefs as the default, they'll have to place themselves beneath believers."

The Simple Atheist - Michael Dayah

6 billion Others

Yann Arthus-Bertrand - Wikipédia

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6 billion Others - Página oficial

A Evolução da Religião

Ora aqui está uma interessante reflexão.

O texto completo pode ser encontrado aqui, mas espero que as mentes púdicas não fiquem chocadas com o conteúdo da página.

Religion As The Ultimate Big Mac

"Religion's success is undeniable. It is in every culture, and in every corner of the world. We spend billions and billions of dollars on building monuments to it, supporting it, and of course proselytizing on behalf of our own favored brand of it. Individuals give up sex and eschew family and friends for religion. Beyond that, we sacrifice time and effort to its rituals, and indoctrinate our children and grandchildren to do the same. We are even willing to kill for it."

"The reason religion is so successful is that it taps into our primal-brains in much the same way that a Big Mac does -- only more so. Religion gained its foothold by hijacking the need to give purpose at a time when humans had only their imagination -- as opposed to the evidence and reason that we have today -- to fathom their world. Spirits and demons were the explanation for illnesses that we now know are caused by bacterial diseases and genetic disorders. The whims of the gods were why earthquakes, volcanos, floods and droughts occurred. Our ancestors were driven to sacrifice everything from goats to one another to satisfy those gods."

"Along with the need to attribute purpose, our faculty to intuit the intent of others spills over into a predilection for determining the intentions of gods and goddesses (or spirits, demons, and angels). Of course the major problem has been that we can never quite agree among ourselves about god's intentions, which often ends in unfortunate violent discussions. Our evolved proclivity for aggression feeds into that as well. We justify our prejudices, hatred, murders, and war by attributing our own biases to a god. As long as we kill in god's name, we are doing good."

Cortesia SuicideGirls, via Pháryngula

SuicideGirls - Página oficial

Manual de instruções para a vida

Cortesia onegoodmove

Shministim - Israeli Conscientious Objectors

Cortesia Público

I support the Shministim and their right to peacefully object to military service. I call for the release of those teenagers who have been jailed for their principled refusal to serve in an army which occupies the Palestinian Territories. The imprisonment of these conscientious objectors is a violation of their human rights and contrary to International Law.

I am inspired by these caring students and their counterparts in Palestine, whose nonviolent resistance to the Occupation points the way to a just peace and security for all people in the region. They are our best hope for the future. I urge you to heed them, and not punish them.

Shministim - Wikipédia

SHMINISTIM - ISRAEL'S YOUNG CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS - Página oficial

Ed Asner - The Shministim - The Huffington Post

3 December 2008 Richard Dawkins: The God of the Old Testament

The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.

Cortesia Dwindling In Unbelief

Algo para nos pôr a pensar...

"People expect different things of philosophers. Some expect us to be sages. When these people meet me, my heart sinks, since I know theirs is about to. Others expect us to have a steady supply of aphorisms up our sleeves, such as that love is never having to say you're sorry (something no partner of mine has ever been persuaded of)."

Four philosophical questions to make your brain hurt - BBC NEWS

Cortesia onegoodmove

Carlos Fiolhais no Pensar por Pensar

Uma conversa interessante entre o Professor Carlos Fiolhais e Paulo Sérgio dos Santos, no programa "Pensar por Pensar" do Rádio Clube Português.

Utilizei o Juice (Open Source e multi-plataforma) para retirar a Podcast.

Já agora, a Universidade como local onde se aprende o sentido crítico...

Desculpe, mas a modos que conheço alguns exemplos de alunos formados na minha Universidade que são tudo menos exemplo de pensamento crítico...

O Professor Carlos Fiolhais está à espera que os alunos desenvolvam espírito crítico apenas porque têm ao seu alcance conhecimento...

A modos que não funciona assim...

Carlos Fiolhais no Pensar por Pensar - Podcast (54 minutos)

Cortesia De Rerum Natura

Does Religion Make You Nice?

Curioso...

Does Religion Make You Nice?

Does atheism make you mean?
By Paul Bloom

"Many Americans doubt the morality of atheists. According to a 2007 Gallup poll, a majority of Americans say that they would not vote for an otherwise qualified atheist as president, meaning a nonbeliever would have a harder time getting elected than a Muslim, a homosexual, or a Jew. Many would go further and agree with conservative commentator Laura Schlessinger that morality requires a belief in God—otherwise, all we have is our selfish desires. In The Ten Commandments, she approvingly quotes Dostoyevsky: "Where there is no God, all is permitted." The opposing view, held by a small minority of secularists, such as Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens, is that belief in God makes us worse. As Hitchens puts it, 'Religion poisons everything.'"

Texto completo pode ser encontrado aqui.

Cortesia onegoodmove

The Atheism Tapes: Colin McGinn

Colin McGinn - Wikipédia

Colin McGinn - Blog oficial

The Atheism Tapes: Colin McGinn (Google Vídeo)

The Atheism Tapes: Colin McGinn (Google Vídeo - link directo para download - formato mp4)

The Atheism Tapes - Wikipédia

The Atheism Tapes - Google Vídeo

Jonathan Miller - Wikipédia

Colin McGinn on Faith and Reason

Colin McGinn on Faith and Reason Parte 1 de 3

Colin McGinn on Faith and Reason Parte 2 de 3

Colin McGinn on Faith and Reason Parte 3 de 3

Cortesia Atheist Media Blog

Colin McGinn - Wikipédia

Colin McGinn - Blog oficial

The Science of Religion and the Religion of Science

Algo para poderem ouvir.

Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker, Harvard University

The Science of Religion and the Religion of Science

The twenty-second Harvard University series of Tanner Lectures on Human Values 2003

Lecture 1: The Science of Religion
Wednesday, November 19, 2003 at 5:00 P.M.

Lecture 2: The Religion of Science
Thursday, November 20, 5:00 2003 at P.M.

Seminar with Dr. Dawkins and Steven Pinker, Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology, Harvard University and Keith Rose, Professor of Philosophy, Yale University
Friday, November 21, 2003 at 10:00-12:00 noon

Richard Dawkins - The Science of Religion - Part 1 (1:02:05, 28.5 MB - mp3)
Richard Dawkins - The Science of Religion - Part 2 (35:35, 16.3 MB - mp3)

Richard Dawkins - The Religion of Science - Part 1 (54:07, 24.8 MB - mp3)
Richard Dawkins - The Religion of Science - Part 2 (35:36, 16.3 MB - mp3)

Seminar with Dawkins, Pinker, DeRose - Part 1 (1:00:01, 27.5 MB - mp3)
Seminar with Dawkins, Pinker, DeRose - Part 2 (57:30, 26.4 MB - mp3)

Cortesia RichardDawkins.Net

Saul Griffith: Hardware solutions to everyday problems - TED Talks

Innovator and inventor Saul Griffith has a uniquely open approach to problem solving. Whether he's devising a way to slash the cost of prescription eyeglasses or teaching science through cartoons, Griffith makes things and then shares his ideas with the world.

A proponent of open-source information, he established Instructables , an open website showing how to make an array of incredible objects. He is the co-founder of numerous companies including Squid Labs, Low Cost Eyeglasses, Potenco and Makani Power, where he is President and Chief Scientist.

His companies have invented a myriad of new devices and materials, such as a "smart" rope that senses its load, or a machine for making low-cost eyeglass lenses through a process inspired by a water droplet.

He is a columnist at Make magazine and co-writes How Toons! He's fascinated with materials that assemble themselves, and with taking advantage of those properties to make things quickly and cheaply.



TED Talks - Saul Griffith

TED Talks - Vídeo da conferência (necessário o QuickTime ou QuickTime Alternative)

Saul Griffith - Wikipédia

Saul Griffith - Instructables

Saul Griffith - Potenco

Saul Griffith - Squid Labs

Saul Griffith - Squid Labs Blog

Open Source - Wikipédia

TED Talks - Wikipédia

TED Talks - Página oficial

TED Talks - Lista de oradores (A - Z)

TED Talks - Blog

TED Talks - YouTube

Charles Leadbeater: The rise of the amateur professional - TED Talks

Charles Leadbeater's theories on innovation have compelled some of the world’s largest organizations to rethink their strategies.

A financial journalist turned innovation consultant (for clients ranging from the British government to Microsoft), Leadbeater noticed the rise of "pro-ams" -- passionate amateurs who act like professionals, making breakthrough discoveries in many fields, from software to astronomy to kite-surfing.

His 2004 essay "The Pro-Am Revolution" -- which The New York Times called one of the year's biggest global ideas -- highlighted the rise of this new breed of amateur.



Charles Leadbeater - We Think



TED Talks - Charles Leadbeater

TED Talks - Vídeo da conferência (necessário o QuickTime ou QuickTime Alternative)

Charles Leadbeater - Wikipédia

Charles Leadbeater - Página oficial

Open Source - Wikipédia

TED Talks - Wikipédia

TED Talks - Página oficial

TED Talks - Lista de oradores (A - Z)

TED Talks - Blog

TED Talks - YouTube

Jimmy Wales: How a ragtag band created Wikipedia - TED Talks

Jimmy Wales went from betting on interest rates and foreign-currency fluctuations (as an option trader) to betting on the willingness of people to share their knowledge.

That's how Wikipedia, imagined in 2001, became one of the most-referenced, most-used repositories of knowledge on the planet, with more than one million articles in English (compared with the Britannica’s 80,000) and hundreds of thousands in dozens of other languages, all freely available

With a vision for a free online encyclopedia, Wales assembled legions of volunteer contributors, gave them tools for collaborating, and created the self-organizing, self-correcting, ever-expanding, multilingual encyclopedia of the future.

TED Talks - Jimmy Wales

TED Talks - Vídeo da conferência (necessário o QuickTime ou QuickTime Alternative)

Jimmy Wales - Wikipédia

Jimmy Wales - Blog

Jimmy Wales - What is Wikia? (Post anterior, vídeo FORA.tv)

Open Source - Wikipédia

TED Talks - Wikipédia

TED Talks - Página oficial

TED Talks - Lista de oradores (A - Z)

TED Talks - Blog

TED Talks - YouTube