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“The Problem with God” 17 Comments

March 23rd, 2006 atheism, intelligent-design, religion, science

In an interview, biologist Richard Dawkins responds to questions about religion vs. science:

What are your thoughts about the despair some people feel when they ponder natural selection and random mutation? The idea of evolution and natural selection makes some people feel that everything is meaningless–people’s individual lives and life in general.

If it’s true that it causes people to feel despair, that’s tough. It’s still the truth. The universe doesn’t owe us condolence or consolation; it doesn’t owe us a nice warm feeling inside. If it’s true, it’s true, and you’d better live with it.

However, I don’t think it should make one feel depressed. I don’t feel depressed. I feel elated. My book, “Unweaving the Rainbow,” is an attempt to elevate science to the level of poetry and to show how one can be–in a funny sort of way–rather spiritual about science. Not in a supernatural sense, but there are uplifting mysteries to be solved. The contemplation of the size and scale of the universe, of the depth of geological time, of the complexity of life–these all, to me, have an inspirational quality. It makes my life worthwhile to study them.

Futurama Returns (to TV too!) 5 Comments

March 19th, 2006 dvd, futurama

Some month ago, we were given the wonderful news of the return of Futurama in DVD form. While that’ll still happen, it seems Futurama will also return to the TV in 26 new episodes:

[...] And the other good news is that they’re doing 26 new episodes of ”Futurama” for TV and we’re hammering out the deal now. The original plan was to have the DVD’s first but that’s no longer the case. I’m totaly jammed dude.

This is great news. Futurama is the best thing to happen to animated television ever.

Thoughts on Monthly (Mini) Redesigns 10 Comments

March 19th, 2006 noscope, redesign, usability

It all started with a harmless idea. What if I made a mini-redesign, every month, to co-incide with the release of an installment of themed pictures? Maybe that would garner some attention to the installments section at the heart of Noscope.

By mini-redesign, I mean adjust backgrounds, colours and possibly layout to quickly update the look. [...]