Critical Thinking

YouTube video - "A look at some of the principles of critical thinking. "

Video of the day

"The coolest time-lapse video of Vancouver you will see this week"

Sky (video)

Time-lapse movie, filmed in Dubai over 5 days and nights. Great music.

Beyond Comprehension: We know that genocide and famine are greater tragedies than a lost dog. At least, we think we do.

"We don't feel 20 times sadder when we hear that 20 people have died in a disaster than when we hear that one person has died, even though the magnitude of the tragedy is 20 times as large. "

Quote of the Day

"“You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body."

- C.S. Lewis

YouTube - MOVE YOUR MONEY

"If you leave your money with the big banks, they will use it to pay lobbyists to keep Congress from fixing the problem."

Errors and lies thrive in cold weather

"... a bout of extreme weather does not prove anything about climate change. Climate is the average weather over decades."

Avatar and My Strabismus

I recently saw Avatar in 3-D. Or should I say everyone else in the theater did: because I have suffered from strabismus (wandering eye) my whole life, I can't see in 3-D. My eyes look fine, due to 3 eye operations as a kid and over a decade of wearing glasses, but I see primarily out of my right eye. I have excellent peripheral vision in both eyes, I just can't do the 3-D thing. I had to wear the glasses just to see the movie, but the colors appeared rather muted. Add to that the ho-hum story line, and it being way too long, and I'd give the movie a C.

Stop the panic on air security

"The Underwear Bomber failed. And our reaction to the failed plot is failing as well, by focusing on the specifics of this made-for-a-movie plot rather than the broad threat. While our reaction is predictable, it's not going to make us safer."