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The Epicurean Paradox
I recently pointed out that it’s not my job as an atheist to disprove the existence of gods. While this is true, it is a fun mental exercise. My favorite is the Epicurean Paradox. First, let’s examine the claim of a god’s existence. Most theologies attribute God with three traits. He is omnipotent (all powerful), omniscient (all knowing), and omnibenevolent (all loving). Some schools of thought add or remove from these three, but these are generally agreed upon by monotheists. Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh…
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Password Management
With the latest internet security failure, Heartbleed, everyone’s talking about protecting their accounts. Here are my tips. Keep in mind, there are many ways to keep your accounts safe. Also, and I can’t stress this enough, if someone wants your information badly enough, they will find a way. You’re only defense (besides staying offline) is to make it as hard as you can for people to crack.
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Interview: HIV and AIDS Research
Today we have another interview. This time, I sat down to talk to an AIDS researcher to discuss… well, HIV and AIDS. Not much more of an intro is needed, so let’s jump into it.
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Bad Arguments: Shifting The Burden of Proof
The misunderstanding of the burden of proof is one of the biggest reasons logical arguments with theists fail. The person making the claim has the burden of proof. That’s how it works. It’s your job to prove your point, not their job to prove you wrong. If you can’t defend your argument with proof, that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re wrong, but it does mean that there’s no reason to believe you.
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Yet Another Short Story About Me
People sometimes ask why I complain all the time. They usually mistake my chronic whinny lamentations as genuine unhappiness. This isn’t the case. It’s just my super power. Some people are math geniuses. Some are able to rebuild almost anything. I can deconstruct and bemoan anything.
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Bad Arguments: Personal Incredulity
Welcome to another edition of Bad Arguments. Today’s topic is Personal Incredulity, which is a subset of the the logical fallacy, Argumentum ad Ignorantiam (Argument from Ignorance). This is usually phrased as, “Well how else can you explain (insert topic that isn’t understood by the person)?”
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Why Is This News: Katy Perry vs. Islam
*sigh*. This is the first time that I’m tired of a story and I haven’t even started ranting about it. The only reason I’m even talking about this is because it is the perfect story for me. Everything about this story is utterly ridiculous. At no point in my life would I have thought I’d see “Katy Perry” and “Islam” in the same sentence. It’s like every pronoun in this story was an ad lib. The only good thing about this story is that it gave me an excuse to do a Google Image search for “Katy Perry.” That said, I have a lot to talk about, so let’s get…
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Interview: God
At first, I wanted to do a mock debate with god, but that wasn’t really functional, so instead, I’m going to go the interview route. In my last interview, I addressed mental illness and it’s affect and perception by someone who was bipolar. Keeping with the mental illness concept, please welcome God. This is so blasphemous, I kind of expect death threats.
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How to Utilize Google Contacts to Make Your Life Easier
Do you remember having to add your contacts into your phone every time you upgrade or get a new phone? Maybe you still do that. There’s no reason to ever have to do that again. Using Google Contacts, you can link your contacts to your Google Account, not your device. When you get a new phone, you enter your Google Account, and your contacts will be there waiting for you.
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Minirant: Evolution vs. Creationism
With the Bill Nye vs. Ken Ham debate yesterday, I wanted to clarify one HUGE problem that never gets addressed. Creationism is not the rival to evolution. It’s the rival to the Big Bang and abiogenesis. In Mr. Ham’s opening argument, he accused schools of “imposing molecules to man evolution as fact.” That’s because it is. It also has nothing to do with the origin of the universe.
Expecta et Sperare
