Some links:
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Google agrees to censor search results for China. Very unfortunate, smells-like-selling-out decision from Google, though in all fairness it's probably unavoidable given the reality of the current Chinese government.
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Are we like the families in which the adults go through all the motions of believing in Santa Claus for the sake of the kids, and the kids all pretend still to believe in Santa Claus so as not to spoil the adults' fun? If only our current predicament were as innocuous and even comical as that! In the adult world of religion, people are dying and killing, with the moderates cowed into silence by the intransigence of the radicals in their own faiths, and many adherents afraid to acknowledge what they actually believe for fear of breaking Granny's heart, or offending their neighbors to the point of getting run out of town, or worse. More from Daniel Dennett on
the current state of world religion, again adapted from his
new book.
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How William Gibson discovered science fiction.*
Films ranked by use of the word "fuck." Also provides vital
fucks-per-minute statistics.
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Gerry Canavan @ 10:35 AM
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