Good News Series: The World is Improving: The Decline of Extreme Poverty
Progress on reducing poverty has been a mixed journey globally. While significant strides have been made in some regions, challenges persist.
Has to be told
Atheism FAQ Part I
I have been asked certain questions about atheism, so I thought I would compile all of them into memes and post them on the site in a series of posts. This is post number one in this series.
Problems in our world: The lack of foresight
As far as we know we’re the only species capable of thinking about ourselves as existing through time, of planning the future, of thinking about what is to come. Yet, despite that, not only through history, but even today we are often in peculiar position of rushing head-first into something, then realizing that was not such a good idea
Critical thinking: why and how?
As the beliefs we have influence the experiences we face, what we believe seems very important. What we think about the issues we face influences how we spend our time on this earth. While I don’t believe for a second in the absolutism of ‘you attract what you are’ because it is partly blaming the victims of abuse for their experiences, we should not deny the impact of our beliefs on our experiences.
Why evolution is true
One of the things that has a great potential to irritate is the denial of basic and…