Zombies: The Movie

May 2nd 2008

Paul, frequent commenter here, sent me this link by email: Overcoming Bias: Zombies: The Movie. Some excerpts:

DOCTOR: David! David Chalmers! Can you hear me?

CHALMERS: Yes.

NURSE: It’s no use, doctor.

CHALMERS: I’m perfectly fine. I’ve been introspecting on my consciousness, and I can’t detect any difference. I know I would be expected to say that, but -

The DOCTOR turns away from the glass screen in horror.

DOCTOR: His words, they… they don’t mean anything.

…

OFFICER 1: State your business here.

MAN: Is this where you’re keeping David Chalmers?

OFFICER 2: What’s it to you? You a friend of his?

MAN: Can’t say I am. But even zombies have rights.

OFFICER 1: All right, buddy, let’s see your qualia.

MAN: I don’t have any.

Paul is right–if you’ve read anything on mind and brain, this is hilarious!

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“Skywalkers in Korea Cross Han Solo”

March 3rd 2008

The Best Headline Ever?

“Skywalkers in Korea Cross Han Solo”

It’s a real story, from Washingtonpost.com

Hat Tip to The Point

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Waiting My Turn to Read The Design Matrix

January 23rd 2008

The book arrived today–but somebunny else got there first!

(The Design Matrix: A Consilience of Clues (2007) by Mike Gene.)

Bunny and the Matrix

Bunny and the Matrix
(If you don’t get the point, then you haven’t been reading Mike Gene
and friends at Telic Thoughts.)

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“POSITION PAPER on INTELLIGENT DESIGN: A BALANCED, RESPECTFUL and RATIONAL PERSPECTIVE”

January 16th 2008

From BRITES:

The veiled agenda of Intelligent Design bleeds through its empty rhetoric like a gushing chest wound staining a freshly bleached T-shirt. ID is a fascist politico-religious movement that masquerades as science and attempts to force a wedge between the scientific community and the wider culture. The ultimate goal of this wedgie is to establish a theocracy in which the Bible becomes federal law and the Biblical creation account in the book of Guinness is taught as fact.

You owe it to yourself to learn the truth about this menace! ;)

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Rewriting the Hymns

January 2nd 2008

Touchstone Magazine Blog’s Hymn Parodies:

All too true. Hilarious!–but all too sadly true of some parts of modern “churchianity.” They’re calling for more of the same to be posted on their blog now, so watch this new page for more.

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Brittany Spears and Whitney Houston: College Basketball Teammates

December 7th 2007

Yes it’s true! Spears plays guard, and Houston is a forward for Colorado. Nothing made up here. Check it out for yourself!

This was funnier when I heard it on the radio, where “Brittany” sounded just like “Britney.” It’s still good for a laugh, anyway.

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