Real live skeptics!

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

I was out to supper last night (in Boulder, where I still am), and having discussed skepticism the previous night, the guy I was with pointed to another table where a few people were sitting and two of whom were wearing SkeptiCamp shirts. It was quite refreshing to see skeptics out in the real world [...]

Real live nuts

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

I was on the bus today on my way to school when I overheard some (older) people talking.  One lady seemed to have mentioned bipolar disorder, to which the other responded “Yeah, it’s such bullshit, everyone has bipolar.”  They mentioned a few other things, such as how doctors use them as guinea pigs and how [...]

The problem with being a sceptic: vi vs. Emacs

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Yes, that’s one hell of a title. I’ll get to the vi vs. Emacs part in a bit. Most religious people wouldn’t walk in to a bookstore and come out with The God Delusion or The End of Faith.  The reasons behind this vary from fear of being wrong (or of having devoted one’s life [...]