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"i would defend the liberty of consenting adult creationists to practice whatever intellectual perversions they like in the privacy of their own homes, but it is also necessary to protect the young and innocent."
~arthur c. clarke
GODLESSNESS RARE BEHIND BARS:
an examination of prison systems reveals that non-religious individuals rarely commit crime.
What kind of atheist are you?
piediddly scored as a Scientific Atheist: These guys rule. I'm not one of them myself, although I play one online. They know the rules of debate, the Laws of Thermodynamics and can explain evolution in fifty words or less. More concerned with how things ARE than how they should be, these are the people who will bring us into the future.

Scientific Atheist


83%

Angry Atheist


50%

Militant Atheist


42%

Theist


25%

Apathetic Atheist


25%

Spiritual Atheist


25%

Agnostic


25%

My Interests


the alex foundation
american atheists
apostates of islam
ask the atheists

atheist revolution
bad astronomy
batmobile university
celebrity atheists
center for inquiry
challenge religion
chris hardwick

csi online
council for secular humanism
engrish.com

ffr foundation
happy tree friends
hard n phirm
ill will press
juxtapoz magazine
kitlers!
mickipedia
operation clambake
pascal's wager
penn and teller
pharyngula blog
positive atheism
quackwatch

rational responders
readymade magazine
secular web
secular coalition
seed magazine
sitchin is wrong
skeptics dictionary
snopes urban legends
something positive
superdeluxe.com
swindle magazine
those aren't muskets!

I'd like to meet:

bilaterally symmetrical critical thinkers, duh. now watch this and [possibly] learn something, grasshoppah:

Music:

very varied.

Movies:

yep, i like 'em.

Television:

adult swim , animal planet , discovery , diy , G4 , HG , history , IMF, military and the science channel. plus, i do enjoy the series chuck , csi , heroes , house and others.

Books:

here's a short author list:
douglas adams , piers anthony , isaac asimov , clive barker , greg bear , marc bekoff , ben bova , david brin , steven brust , william burkett jr., orson scott card , c.j. cherryh , antonio damasia , richard dawkins , daniel c. dennett , charles de lint , frans de waal , david drake , harlan ellison , alan dean foster , neil gaiman , william gibson , jane goodall , thomas harris , kim harrison , robert heinlein , christopher hitchens , armand marie leroi , eugene linden , jack mcdevitt , desmond morris , larry niven , irene pepperberg , john ringo , spider robinson , sue savage-rumbaugh , michael shermer , rachael smolker, john steakley , jhonen vasquez , joan d. vinge , peter watts , david weber

Heroes:

i'm proudly hero-worship free, but a short list of people i highly respect is richard dawkins , jane goodall , sam harris , christopher hitchins [i heart hitchins!] and michael shermer .

My Blog

15 answers from sciam

boy, i'm a little late on picking up on this article by sciam [posted back in 2002], but i wanted to post the link so others could read it as well. it's titled "15 answers to creationist nonsense" and...
Posted by piediddly on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:49:00 PST

jenny mccarthy is a fuckin moron. period.

you know, i never really gave that much thought to jenny mccarthy, other than she was sometimes comedic. though i had taken notice that she had jumped on the big ol' wagon o' woo concerning autism and...
Posted by piediddly on Sun, 25 May 2008 03:31:00 PST

facilitated communication and autism

so, go figure with my geeky persona, autistic facilitated communication [FC] was something [until about an hour ago], i had never even heard of. frontline has an outstanding expo regarding this techn...
Posted by piediddly on Wed, 07 May 2008 11:35:00 PST

astrology is bunk

i'm still  over this one! from an absolutley conclusive study, we [i.e. intelligent folks] now have scientific proof, that without a doubt, astrology is bunk and nothin' but bunk. that's right ho...
Posted by piediddly on Wed, 07 May 2008 09:15:00 PST

nova - judgment day: intelligent design on trial

i just finished viewing nova's online presentation of the recent id trial in pennsylvania, "judgment day: intelligent design on trial". it is absolutely riveting and one of the best pieces i've seen r...
Posted by piediddly on Thu, 01 May 2008 03:49:00 PST

creationist science degrees? DE-NIED!

i am, of course, sooo freakin' happy about this news, as reported by the houston chronicle. i guess religious nutters will just have to do without their very own "science" degrees after all. boo-fucki...
Posted by piediddly on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:55:00 PST

ben stein and expelled

so i'm sure by now most of us out here in the wild intarweb have heard at least a little something of the ruckus generated by the "expelled" movie. well, if you'd prefer the real skinny on this subjec...
Posted by piediddly on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:59:00 PST

criminal acts and religious beliefs

perusing again the news report of the young girl who recently died due to her parents praying for her recovery instead of seeking proper medical attention, i really think thomas jefferson nailed it wh...
Posted by piediddly on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:54:00 PST

9,550 year old tree

science daily reports that the oldest living tree has been discovered in sweden, of all places. it's an estimated 9,550 years old. take that creationists: we've got a tree older than your religion! ne...
Posted by piediddly on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:53:00 PST

pope bs recent comments

so the pope recently made some comments on his visit to the u.s. of a. and i'd like to take this opportunity to post my own special responses to the catholic yoda. popalicious says, '"Faith becom...
Posted by piediddly on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:40:00 PST