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The one with the electrician is hilarious! LOL! I have actually done some electrical work and sorry to say they could have placed that cartoon on the casket of a lot of electricians! The stuff is great but if you take your mind off of what you are doing it may be the last time you do that! I have heard that they even call it the theory of electricity rather than the down pat science since it can end up doing something totally unexpected and turn around a bite you!
Dave Briggs :~)

Used Brain

sb admin — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Used Brain

Credit: Mark Stivers. Thanks Mark!

sb admin Thu, 11/29/2007 - 02:00

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Creepy-crawling delusion

sb admin — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Creepy-crawling delusion

A depiction of delusional parasitosis in Dave Kellett's webcomic Sheldon. DP, a fixed delusion in which one believes s/he is infested with bugs despite no evidence, was famously described in Philip K. Dick's A Scanner Darkly. Superblogger and psychologist Vaughan Bell wrote a nice article on the subject, check it out.

Thanks again, Dave, for permission to share your comic (with slightly modified layout to make it blog-friendly).

sb admin Thu, 11/08/2007 - 02:00

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depiction of delusional parasitosis in Dave Kellett's webcomic Sheldon. DP, a fixed delusion in which one believes s/he is infested with bugs despite no evidence, was famously described in Philip K. Dick's A Scanner Darkly. Superblogger and psychologist Vaughan Bell wrote a nice article on the subject, check it out. Thank you

Webcomic

sb admin — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:00:00 +0000

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Dave Kellet jokes about ~~a visual illusion~~ the visual pop-out phenomenon, in his webcomic Sheldon. Click the cropped image to see the full comic strip. Thanks Dave!

[Thanks, T.N. for the correction. Two blog posts about it here and here.]

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Dave Kellet jokes about a visual illusion the visual pop-out phenomenon, in his webcomic Sheldon. Click the cropped image to see the full comic strip. Thanks Dave!

[Thanks, T.N. for the correction. Two blog posts about it here and here.]

Philosopher Alan Watts : About Life (Southpark style)

omnibrain — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:17:48 +0000

Philosopher Alan Watts : About Life (Southpark style)

Music & Life: An Alan Watts Animation by Trey Parker and Matt Stone

omnibrain Mon, 07/23/2007 - 05:17

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I'm a tumor I'm a tumor... I'm a tumor I'm a tumor...

omnibrain — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:15:14 +0000

I'm a tumor I'm a tumor... I'm a tumor I'm a tumor...

Yes yes... I know cancer isn't funny and I also seem to be obsessed with Family Guy in the last day or two. So without further ado.... Here's a Peter Tumor!

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The Family Guy and Simpsons Do Evolution

omnibrain — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:30:49 +0000

The Family Guy and Simpsons Do Evolution

An oldie but goodie starring I Dream of Jeannie as god ... Enjoy!

Here's Ned Flanders dealing with an evolution exhibit.

And here's the evolution vs. creationism debate starring Lisa.

omnibrain Thu, 06/07/2007 - 08:30

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If I remember correctly, these two great episodes were debuted on the same day!

I've never seen these before! That's awesome. According to my confirmation bias, it seems that there is a lot more 'religion as comedy' on these sorts of shows than there used to be. Great!

I don't have a TV so I can't say whether religion is being used as comedy more than it used to be, but as for the Simpsons they always just follow what is happening in politics and pop culture, which the whole creationism idea clearly falls under.

no tv?!?!?!?

I laughed myself silly when "What a Fool Believes" played over the Flanders exhibit.

Fifty years ago, it was risky poking fun at religion.

Any mention of atheism in the media -- a very rare event -- would trot out Madeline Murray O'Hare as an example of an atheist and have nothing unkind to say about her, and that would be it, story over. The impression the naive would get was that atheists were very rare and were weird old bats.

Now that the major media have competition, they cannot enforce the tacit standards-and-practices principle that all religious ass must be kissed so hard it leaves scars.

Now it's becoming open season on religion, both for comedy and criticism, and the comedy gets big laughs (as does much of the criticism). Ordinary people enjoy seeing religion take it in the shorts.

Religious people, now losing their big-media shielding, are attacking viciously, as they are unused to being the butt of open ridicule.

So, laugh, laugh, laugh. Conjurers casting spells? Damn, that's funny!!!! Point at the silly buggers and hoot-hoot-hoot.

And here's the evolution vs.. creationism debate starring YOU!

Act one: Evolutionists say that life created itself our of a 'pond of chemical.'

Act two: Creationists say where is the evidence.

Act three: Evolutionists say we don't know how life began.

Act four: Creationists says to evolutionists, you say evolution is a science and yet you can't tell us precisely how it started.

Creationists say again: We CAN stop this argument right now. All you evolutionists scientists need do is create a simple cell in your laboratory. Do the following:

If you evolutionists want to end the arguments all you have to do is, get your brilliant heads together and assemble a 'simple' living cell. This should be possible, since the scientists certainly have a very great amount of knowledge about what is inside the 'simple' cell.

After all, shouldn't all the combined Intelligence of all the worlds scientist be able the do what chance encounters with random chemicals, without a set of instructions, accomplished about 4 billion years ago,according to the evolutionists, having no intelligence at all available to help them along in their quest to become a living entity. Surely then the evolutionists scientists today should be able to make us a 'simple' cell.

If it weren't so pitiful it would be humorous, that intelligent people have swallowed the evolution mythology.

Beyond doubt, the main reason people believe in evolution is that sources they admire, say it is so. It would pay for these people to do a thorough examination of all the evidence CONTRARY to evolution that is readily available: Try answersingenesis.org. The evolutionists should honestly examine the SUPPOSED evidence 'FOR' evolution for THEMSELVES.

Build us a cell, from scratch, with the required raw material, that is with NO cell material, just the 'raw' stuff, and the argument is over. But if the scientists are unsuccessful, perhaps they should try Mother Earth's recipe, you know, the one they claim worked the first time about 4 billion years ago, so they say. All they need to do is to gather all the chemicals that we know are essential for life, pour them into a large clay pot and stir vigorously for a few billion years, and Walla, LIFE!

Oh, you don't believe the 'original' Mother Earth recipe will work? You are NOT alone, Neither do I, and MILLIONS of others!

James, what are your core fears?

James,

Your debate was improperly phrased, methinks:
Act 1: Creationists: "God did it."
Science: "Okay ... but isn't it interesting that ...?"
Act 2: Science: "Well there's a possible alternate theory ..."
Creationists say: "God did it," more loudly.
Act 3: Science says: "No, actually, here's some more evidence ..."
Creationists say: "God did it," even louder.
Act 4: Science says: "No, look here ... no, here ... not my hand, here. It's really quite clear that your explanation has some serious holes ... um would you just stop that shouting now ..."

And the "debate" goes on.

I will happily place all the elements extant on earth into a large container and shake them up for a few billion years.

However, turnabout is fair play. I assume your god will be out there with the rest of us? All he has to do is manifest himself and act in a provable way to create a single living cell. Shouldn't be too tough for him, eh?

If the demo stood the test of science, I'd even convert to whatever He thought the Right church was.

Uh...James?

"Build us a cell, from scratch, with the required raw material, that is with NO cell material, just the 'raw' stuff, and the argument is over."

They are doing exactly this... So I guess the argument is over? Take a look at this article:

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/06/scientists_appl.html

Fortunately for all of us, now that clear evidence has been linked to on this journal that answers James' original question, he cannot EVER pose that question again on a forum without lying.

I mean, lying is still a sin, right James?

Now that the major media have competition, they cannot enforce the tacit standards-and-practices principle that all religious ass must be kissed so hard it leaves scars.

Now it's becoming open season on religion, both for comedy and criticism, and the comedy gets big laughs (as does much of the criticism). Ordinary people enjoy seeing religion take it in the shorts.

Religious people, now losing their big-media shielding, are attacking viciously, as they are unused to being the butt of open ridicule.

So, laugh, laugh, laugh. Conjurers casting spells? Damn, that's funny!!!! Point at the silly buggers and hoot-hoot-hoot.

Now that the major media have competition, they cannot enforce the tacit standards-and-practices principle that all religious ass must be kissed so hard it leaves scars.

Now it's becoming open season on religion, both for comedy and criticism, and the comedy gets big laughs (as does much of the criticism). Ordinary people enjoy seeing religion take it in the shorts.

Religious people, now losing their big-media shielding, are attacking viciously, as they are unused to being the butt of open ridicule.

never seen these before! That's awesome. According to my confirmation bias, it seems that there is a lot more 'religion as comedy' on these sorts of shows than there used to be. Great!

Now that the major media have competition, they cannot enforce the tacit standards-and-practices principle that all religious ass must be kissed so hard it leaves scars.

Now it's becoming open season on religion, both for comedy and criticism, and the comedy gets big laughs (as does much of the criticism). Ordinary people enjoy seeing religion take it in the shorts.

Fortunately for all of us, now that clear evidence has been linked to on this journal that answers James' original question, he cannot EVER pose that question again on a forum without lying.

Why Things Happen

sb admin — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 20:53:27 +0000

Why Things Happen

From We Have Pie Charts, via David Ng at Science Creative Quarterly (look there for my short story Neuroerotica) and ScienceBlog .

sb admin Mon, 01/08/2007 - 15:53

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Sleeping on friends couches.

omnibrain — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 11:56:21 +0000

Sleeping on friends couches.

Hi everyone!
I've been a little lax in my posting as of late. I apologize and as soon as the holidays are over and I'm not sleeping on lots of couches in different places, I'll be more active again.
In the mean time here:

omnibrain Sat, 12/23/2006 - 06:56

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I love xkcd.

Fast Furrier Transform, actually...