Scott Klarr Jr
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Feb 01, 2010 Review: Kindle 2
I absolutely love books. My shelves are overflowing with them and I have an irrational desire to buy more at a rate considerably faster than what I can finish them at. So with this obsession of mine, it would probably seem like blasphemy to buy, let alone enjoy, an e-book reading device, right? There are plenty of die-hard bookworms who would in an instant agree, but I have to question if their knee-jerk reaction is merely a result of stubbornness.
Jun 03, 2009 An observation of quality in the Great Books of the Western World
I have been contemplating buying a set of the Great Books of the Western World for some time and now that I am a little more serious about dropping some cash on a set, I thought it would be a good idea to get a feel for the quality first.
Nov 09, 2008 Book Review: Just Six Numbers by Martin Rees
In Just Six Numbers, Martin J. Rees, Astronomer and Royal Society Research Professor at Cambridge University, explains six of the most important numbers that shape our universe. These six numbers are seemingly "tuned" to specific ranges that have allowed our universe to evolve to where we are at now.
Nov 06, 2008 The most under-appreciated punctuation mark: The semicolon
Every since I was a young kid in grade-school, I have always had a preference of complex sentence structures instead of the more predominant "lets use a period as often as we can" ideology. In my mind, a period is far too sharp of a punctuation for the separation of many clauses that, while technically stand independently, are much more pleasant to read when they are punctuated as being relative to each other.
Oct 11, 2008 Great quotes: Richard Dawkins, Whose side is God on? 2006
Predators seem beautifully 'designed' to catch prey animals, while the prey animals seem equally beautifully 'designed' to escape them. Whose side is God on?
Oct 11, 2008 Great quotes: Richard Dawkins, Irreducible complexity 2006
Richard Dawkins, a man who probably needs no introductions to anyone reading this. He is a an atheist activist, brilliant biologist and successful author. The following quote is an excerpt from his book The God Delusion. Here he is talking about the creationist argument of irreducible complexity and makes the perfect analogy of a magic trick and the abhorrent reaction of jumping to supernatural conclusions.
Oct 11, 2008 Great quotes: Sam Harris, Sanity in numbers 2004
Sam Harris is an atheist author and philosopher. He has written a couple books regarding religion from an atheistic and objective perspective. The following quote is from The End Of Faith about how people who have delusions by themselves are considered insane, but if many people share the same delusion, its religion.
Oct 08, 2008 Great quotes: Senator Barry Goldwater - 1981
This is a great quote from Senator Barry Goldwater regarding his position on keeping true to our country's original foundation of being secular. Our government is in desperate need of more people like Goldwater. It is frightening, the level of which Christianity has infected this country and taken hold in every deep dark corner as the famed and mysterious Illuminati once did.
Oct 03, 2008 Great quotes: Thomas Paine, Profession of Faith 1794
Thomas Paine was a man who got his name etched deep in American history; He was a revolutionary intellectual who had influenced both the American and French revolutions. This excerpt is of his formal profession of faith in his book "The Age Of Reason." Paine was a deist in terms of religious faith which greatly separated his idea of "God" from more traditional cults such as Christianity. There are a few parts of this excerpt that are worthy of memorizing, but the most powerful phrase that just happens to also be my favorite is "My own mind is my own church."
Oct 03, 2008 Great quotes: Ralph Emerson, The American Scholar 1837
This is an excerpt from Ralph Emerson's 1837 speech entitled "The American Scholar." The problem he was addressing is still as evident, if not more pronounced today than it was 171 years ago. You can read the full speech Here
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