Logic and Reason

I've been playing piano for two years. I don't take lessons, I just practice harder and harder pieces, and I'm reading some of t...

During the 2004 election season, there was this idea that President Bush isn't as dumb as his words, actions and policies. It seemed pla...

This bird is an almost perfect biological tape recorder . Amazing.

I must post this link to a new spinoff website by Marshall Brain: God Is Imaginary .

I would like to resolve the seemingly paradoxical phenomenon that atheists are often the most moral people you'll ever meet. I am an a...

If you are not a scientist and you completely disagree with a fundamental theory of modern science, chances are you have what I call a loose...

I am reading Introduction to the Theory of Computation . In the chapter about advanced topics in computability theory, it mentioned a techni...

Here is another dorm observation: a lot of people in my dorm whistle a lot. They whistle loudly and for a long time. But there is no tune! T...

ax^2 + bx + c = 0 Solve for x. Obviously, x is equal to the quadratic formula. Can you derive it? Hint: the most important technique is c...

I hate hair dryers so much! They make a terribly loud and annoying noise for about two minutes straight, and piss off dorm-mates like me. Th...

Look at these fascinating facts about the 1500s .

"Listening is more important than talking. That is why God has given us two ears and only one mouth." So what's the alternat...

Does anyone else think it's ridiculous that creationists are still using the argument from design? I believe the person who first invali...

I have to read some tedious stuff for Humanities class, both online and off, and I noticed something odd: it's a lot easier for me to re...

Right now I am the thirteenth most popular Liron on the internet. This blog comes up thirteenth when you search for the string on Google. N...

Anyone with common sense knows that prayer doesn't actually work in any meaningful way. Here is a good experiment from Why Does God Hate...

Today in Humanities class I wrote an in-class essay. I was thinking how ridiculous it is to compose essays on paper. The main problem with p...

Postal Experiments The idea of trying to mail a brick is utterly hilarious.

This is an interesting blog post: Dumb towns getting dumber; smart towns getting smarter? These costs [of moving] discouraged enough folks ...

The new book in the "Conversations with God" series just came out. It's called Home with God : In a Life that Never Ends . I d...