February 2012
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The triumphs of science are due to the substitution of observation and inference...
– ‘The impact of science on society’ by Bertrand Russell, p.89.
And a few pages above Russell write:
I am constantly asked: What can you, with your cold rationalism, offer to the seeker after salvation that is comparable to the cozy homelike comfort of a fenced-in dogmatic creed?
To this the...
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Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day...
– Dalai Lama (via sirmitchell)
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For asexuals, sex is like… a donut. When we see a donut, we do not have the urge...
– http://backroundradio.tumblr.com (via ancient-amateur)
January 2012
39 posts
Click here to stop the newest threat to Internet... →
A new global treaty could allow corporations to police what we do on the Internet. Last week we successfully pushed back the US censorship bills — if we act now, we can get the EU Parliament to bury this new threat — add your voice now!
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Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who...
– Lemony Snicket (via musclesbetter)
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I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass.....
The world is changing. Music is changing. Drugs are changing. Even men and women...
– Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting (via musclesbetter)
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They say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a...
– Banksy (via sirmitchell)
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Life is a question of nerves, and fibres, and slowly built-up cells in which...
– Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray (via bookmania)
D'you reckon Prof. Brian Cox talks like that all...
Friend: Cup of tea, Brian?
Brian Cox: What's AMAZING is how just...FOUR ingredients can MASH and MIX...to create something...so BEAUTIFUL...so CALMING...something that AFFECTS our LIVES so greatly but we don't even REALISE how much we rely...on that...one first cup...in the morning...
Friend: ...right. Biscuit?
Brian Cox: Isn't it INCREDIBLE how something...invented HUNDREDS of years AGO...can be so PERFECTLY matched...to a HOT LIQUID...created COMPLETELY INDEPENDENTLY...surely, THAT is a mystery...of our MYSTERIOUS...and BEAUTIFUL...universe.
Friend: ...for fuck's sake.
Since you follow me I assume you're dtf.
haha I doubt that
I haven't spent enough of my life talking to...
Damn Anisocoria, still freaks me out a little when...