Category Archives: Videos

The Stupid Virus

By Daniel Florien on November 19, 2009 in Politics, Superstition, Videos.
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Rapping the Story of the Bible

By Daniel Florien on November 19, 2009 in Christianity, Music, Videos.

Here’s Shai Linne, a Christian rapper, rapping the “greatest story every told” — no, not your favorite story — the one in the Bible about God killing himself so he can save some of humanity:

I have no rap sensibilities, so I have no idea if this would be considered good or bad in style, but [...]

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How Observant Are You?

By Jesse Galef on November 14, 2009 in Evidence, Psychology, Science, Videos.

by Jesse Galef
I’m always astounded at how poor data-gathering devices we humans are.  Forget all the hallucinations and misinterpretations, we simply don’t notice or retain most of what happens around us.  Here’s a great demonstration (via Richard Wiseman’s blog)

I was pretty pathetic. How did you all do?
This is one of the reasons we developed [...]

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Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Contagious Enthusiasm

By Jesse Galef on November 13, 2009 in Science, Technology, Videos.

by Jesse Galef
Those of you who also follow my posts at FriendlyAtheist know I’m a huge fan of Neil deGrasse Tyson. I think he’s an excellent science communicator and role model. He’s so enthusiastic about science and he makes others interested through his exuberance.
Back story (taken from the youtube info):
TIME recently went to interview [...]

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Praying Mantis Eats Grasshopper

By Daniel Florien on November 7, 2009 in Science, Videos.

Just be thankful they’re small.

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Ray Comfort Look-Alike Teaches English

By Daniel Florien on November 6, 2009 in Humor, Videos.

If you were wondering where Ray Comfort got his career started, now you know:

Okay, maybe it’s not really R — quick, flee, there’s a drunken man in the house!
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Catholic Church Spends $550,000 to Repeal Gay Marriage Law in Maine

By Daniel Florien on November 5, 2009 in Current Events, Sexuality, Videos.

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Red Fox Hunting In Snow

By Daniel Florien on November 4, 2009 in Science, Videos.

At least you don’t have to spend your day doing stuff like this.

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