That's awful!

I'm with you on that! It seems a lot of Atheists get persnickety about the idea that the act of not believing in a deity is the other side of the same coin.

I see what you're saying. It seems that this whole thread is a result of people interpreting the word faith by its various definitions. One of its definitions has to do with Faith as a religious belief. I think that RIcemanFTW was talking about faith as believing in something with conviction, not Faith in God. Since…

I think they probably are. Most disagreements are really just a question of semantics and perspective. I'm pretty sure that the comfort I gain from science is the same feeling that people who believe in a god experience. It's that amazing sense of rightness, of safety, of belonging. The awe and beauty of humanity and…

Sometimes I think Science is slowly replacing G-d in our society. For most people, the mathematics of our world is every bit as unseen as a deity would be. They accept that it is true because it a) makes sense to them and b) they believe in the rightness of the scientists (priests?). The laboratory is as mystical as…

I think folks are getting awfully hung up on one narrow definition of faith. I'm an agnostic science nerd, but I do see what you mean, that we all believe in something. There is a certain arrogance to stating categorically that believing in science is not another belief system simply because thus far it has maintained…

Oh! No, I wasn't trying to burn him. I just noticed his writing style was a bit brotastic at first and I'm glad he's found his io9 voice.

Even though I'm a white lady and have had perfectly pleasant interactions with cops, it has gotten bad enough that I am actively terrified of cops. Their behavior as a whole has revieled most of them to be street thugs wrapped in blue.

I can see that. I worry, though, the way people who have not experienced being more than 50 pounds overweight often assume that people who are that heavy are so by choice. Study after study shows that almost no one in that situation can keep weight off. Who knows why, genetics, depression, but very few obese people…

You do get the sense that the actors were ... having fun with it.

Me too! It's just so very entertaining.

The fact that the overwhelming majority of obese people cannot lose weight and keep it off indicates to me that it is actually very much out of their hands.

Just because it is so completely batshit.

Oh man, I love that movie. Makes no damned sense, but it is super fun.

I was so sure that headline was one of Meredith's. It's been very cool watching your writing tone shift to reflect io9.

Oh yes, the instant gratification aspect of Kindles etc. is my very favorite part of e-readers.

Yup, it's from Saga. It's really good and I think it's going to run for a very long time, given the story telling structure. The narrator is an adult, but the story starts with her birth. They have a lot of ground to cover.

I wondered about that, too. I lie frequently and easily, but almost always as a way of reducing friction, achieving the end I think is best for everyone more quickly, and good old fashioned manipulation. I had no idea I even did it until my spouse pointed out to me that my entire family does it.

Oh, absolutely. It's become the only way to get my space opera fix since no one in TV land wants to make any proper science fiction. * sniff *

I keep forgetting to download the latest issue. This is the first time I've followed a comic as it's being written. It's agony! I had no idea how spoiled I was, reading graphic novel after graphic novel of 'Y the Last Man.'