Spending entirely too much time on the Internet

Philosophy

Commercialism Preying On Humanity

I’ve long known that a good portion of marketing is psychology. Advertising companies have made a science out of figuring out ways to not only get our attention, but to affect us emotionally. It’s usually done through shocking imagery, emotionally inducing music and attention-getting dialogs. Daniel Gilbert, a professor of psychology at Harvard and author …

The 8 Points

I’m in a place where I’m really questioning the validity of the faith I was brought up on (and religion in general). Thanks to my endless skepticism and questioning, and some books I’ve recently read — Misquoting Jesus and The God Delusion — Christianity is on very shaky ground for me. My belief in being …

No Religion and An End to War

The Guardian Unlimited published an interesting article entitled, No religion and an end to war: how thinkers see the future People’s fascination for religion and superstition will disappear within a few decades as television and the internet make it easier to get information, and scientists get closer to discovering a final theory of everything, leading …