I’m a huge fan of the Big History Project, and just got the email about their new contest. It’s focused on getting people to create videos to answer the question, “What does it mean to be human?” There were three example videos, … Continue reading →
There’s a website at http://paper.li/SecularProgress titled, “The Secular Progressive Reporter.†It runs unattended, aggregating content from preselected categories. @secularprogress ticks out updates. The Secular Progressive Reporter has no authority over this blog, I’m someone else… Craig Simon, @gitis on Twitter, SecularProgress on YouTube, and aliased … Continue reading →
Dolors, the physicist/mathematician/philosopher who posts as Cracking the Nutshell on YouTube, publishes more content than I can regularly follow, but this morning I watched one that was so good, I felt motivated to comment. She’s also a respectful critic of … Continue reading →
I’m a big fan of Bill Maher and rarely miss his show. I agree with a lot of what he says, but certainly not everything. I’m also very attentive to Sam Harris. He’s become one of the leading proponents of … Continue reading →
Here’s the link for the video that’s meant to draw readers to the slide deck titled, “What’s at Stake in the Information Debate.”
Continue reading →Here’s the Slideshare content on my response to Derek Muller’s “How Much Information” on his Veritasium YouTube Channel. What's at Stake in the Information Debate? from Craig Simon
Continue reading →Interesting comments halfway through about how the US could actually work to improve the well-being of Iraqis. Predictably, however, budget-hawks in the GOP rule the media narrative until their chicken-hawk leaders see a chance to bomb someone in the name … Continue reading →
YouTube suggested this appalling video to me, titled, “Does God Exist? 4 New Arguments.” Nothing new to see here. It’s beyond sad that so much energy goes into rehashing such simplistic thinking. So I was motivated to comment… These aren’t arguments for … Continue reading →
During a Facebook conversation in the wake of Bill Kristol’s appearance on Bill Maher, one of my Frisbee buddies liked my take on the Tea Party. I reposted it on Bill Maher’s page. I think it’s a huge mistake to … Continue reading →
I had a surge of motivation sparked by a lot of serious reading over the last few months. I presented a talk on “Big Data in the Context of Big History” this past October at the General Semantics Conference in … Continue reading →