Following my logic, Adolf Hitler was "one of Europe's great futuristic designers"? Dafuk?

And yet, the dumb Palestinian rockets killed 5, while the smart Israeli weaponry claimed 150, 4o or so children among them. Doesn't really bolster your theory.

Last time I checked Buddhism and the whole concept of karma were built around the central belief in reincarnation - which is an extraordinary and totally unsubstanitated belief, no?

I usually prefer to digest my information input in written form, but I'll consider watching your videos, provided you can name at least one religion that is not based on unsubstantiated beliefs.

Well, I'm not too interested in semantic games, but feel free to narrow down or broaden your google research as it pleases you.

There is tons of research showing a clear correlation between religiosity and lower IQ / low effort cognitive style. I trust you'll manage to google it yourself.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LynnHarveyNyborg-CountryBelieveGod-Intelligence.svg

Or maybe it is you who didn't think things through, because the author is clearly referring to the most incredible futuristic cities imagined by great European designers that he is hoping came to fruition.

"There's nothing more... set in... 1899... than... Oldorando".

My words exactly. Or almost. Or close enough. Also, terrific quote.

Well, frankly, rather that than getting eaten by the worms.

Eheheheh, good one!

Sharing a cocoon with Angelina all my life is worth a new ice age.

Well, I don't think they are irreconcilable: Diamond's environmental determinism is basically a probabilistic explanation to why, over time, some cultures progressed faster than others, while Deutsch focusses on single events, in particular the Enlightenment and the scientific method, which led to an explosion of…

So do I, so does Deutsch.

There's no problem that couldn't be fixed with sufficient knowledge, and H.Sap's. universal knowledge creation capacity is, in principle, infinite. David Deutsch makes this argument in a very interesting, entertaining manner in "The Beginning of Infinity", did you read it?

I used to be a bear dog person, but got kind of annoyed with their submissive nature. Sabre tooth cats are smaller, sure, but they have real personalities.

Brad Pitt wants a word with you!

Purely based on the pics I vote for the Eternal Bliss scenario.

I was referring to The Zombie Survival Guide, which, I guess, is a nice read too.