An interesting and very straightforward evaluation of faith and evidence when it comes to proving or disproving god. I think he undervalues the revelatory nature of some people’s faith (i.e. they have “evidence” that no one else saw, like god spoke to them), which for them is reason enough. It’s addressed, but it assumes that people have a desire to question their own processes. For the most part, that’s just not true.

But check out this freaky related video.

Oh, this is excellent. The 9/12 rally, but in video form. Haven’t seen any of these yet. Hope there are more.

Great song, freaky video. Must have been fun/difficult to make.

Stephen Fry goes off eloquently and convincingly on why we do do not need a god to have beauty and awe and love and so on. Very good, in fact I think I’m going to listen to it again.

There’s really no need for that many mushroom blocks.

Quaternion-based fractals, rendered using late 80s hardware. Very cool. These guys have minds that work in a completely different way from mine.

Beautiful little short. CG smoke – reminds me of the old fractal videos I liked to much. I’ll put those up over the next couple days.

http://blip.tv/play/grExgZvDfAI

Finally! The slow-mo footage we shot in New York when has been assembled into this most glorious tribute to “Sara Smile,” which we were humming the whole time I was there.

Dee-oot-doo-woo….

These time-lapse ship videos entrance me every time. Here’s another glacier by the same guy. Probably best to go to YouTube and watch in HD.

This is a better, longer version of the robot arms I posted on CrunchGear some time ago. I like the throwing and catching of the cell phone, and the high-speed target acquisition (moving the white ball around). Of course, it means we’re all dead once they deploy these as weapons, but hey.

What? Whaaaaaat? What?

Well, that was weird.

Watch it big for detail-y goodness.

Nae pen… pen!! Nae pen… pen!!

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=8393403029360051976&hl=en&fs=true

The single greatest robot of all time. Watch it. Ding-a-ding-a-ding-a-ding, ding-a-ding-a-ding-a-ding

Love this guy taking apart homeopathy. Get in the sack!

Man, suddenly I really want a shotgun.

http://fora.tv/embedded_player

Late night! This debate, while less scholarly, was far more entertaining and even-handed than I expected, considering it’s with Al Sharpton. He does get schooled, though.

http://fora.tv/embedded_player

On an atheist kick, I guess. This was a most fascinating debate between Christopher Hitchens and Alistair McGrath about all things religious and moral. For once it’s not a network news commentator asking Hitchens how can he have the nerve to not believe in god, but rather an intelligent former atheist who is now a theologian of note. He still appears to be out of his league, although Hitchens (as usual) comes off as a real jerk.

The full thing is here at fora.tv; it’s quite long since it’s an actual structured academic debate, but worth watching all the way through if you have a spare 90 minutes.

Christopher Hitchens absolutely hammers a Christian talk-show host. The guy really gets served and can’t accept it. There are little bits missing but the gist is there.

Have a fully-cooked breakfast and get ready for work in under 5 minutes. If I wore pajamas, I’d take them off like that every time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wmwALYYn_4

A little tour from my old apartment to my new one. Wish that little camera had a wider angle lens, though, it’s hard to really tell the size of the place. I’ll take pictures once I move some stuff in.

Hmm, it’s staying small. Better watch it at YouTube.