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WIP Playing around a little. Tried to make the Forbidden Planet letters humongous and have the ship nearly land on top of you. Kinda cool. I also did my own credits In 360. I'm using forbidden planet and Blade runner to figure out how to do drama and action in VR/360. Thinking of doing my next scene with Robby or maybe in Morbius house I got some great models off 3D WarehouseAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733133413723355455noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413543133796902336.post-91286686109697720152016-11-19T16:55:00.000-05:002016-11-19T16:55:51.216-05:00<div dir="ltr">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733133413723355455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413543133796902336.post-74879500359810686222011-10-28T21:12:00.001-04:002011-10-28T21:15:27.600-04:00Part 2 of My Proof God does not Exist!<br />
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Many atheist like to point out and argue the apparent un-intelligence of our universe, and indeed that is incredibly easy given the diversity and opportunistic nature of evolution. The problem with this approach is that it misses the big point. Embedded in the Creationist argument is the assumption that nature and god could be confused; that evolution and the acts of the creator some how look the same. That the forms they produce and the apparent methods they used would appear so close to each other that millions of scientist over the past 150 years of looking into where we come from would have missed those nuances in the physical record that would have proved there was a creator. Logically this makes no sense since there is nothing connecting the two realities except of course the need by the believer to fit their intelligent designer in to the constraints of the real world.<br />
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The reality is, the forms intelligence and nature produce and especially the methods they use would have almost nothing in common and it should be nearly impossible to justify one from the evidence of the other. Some of the key traits that come with intelligence is that it's actions and therefore it's creation will have a well defined purpose, which will incorporate optimization, and to what ever extent inherent in the intelligence, it will not be constrained by the limits of the physical/natural world. Looking around us we generally know what is natural and what is made by the only known intelligence in the universe, us. More over the more technologically advance we become the easier it is to tell us apart. I am always amazed by how much we can tease out about the intelligence of our ancestors as far as how they made their tools and habitats. Simple patterns that are not probable in nature cue us to the presents of intelligence. When our earliest ancestors made the first stone tools they left not only the tools but also a pattern of stone flakes that let us know it was not a natural occurrence. As our technology has increased the evidence of our presence has grown and become more obvious. Roads, farms, cities, factories, parks, gardens, water works, sewage system, power infrastructure, jet contrails, dams, mines, oil wells, etc.: they all create patterns against the landscape that is easily identifiable as from an intelligence. Even on the very small, our intelligence leave very identifiable patterns at a molecular level in our materials and alloys, our electronic circuitry, our industrial and commercial chemicals, the purity and make up of the water we drink,and even the genetic make up of the life around us. These patterns we make, especially when compared to the natural world, speak of forms specific constructed and deposited to do our purpose, and show none of the evolutionary forces that act on the natural world. It would be strange indeed to think that at some point along our evolution and technological progress, all traces of our intelligence and purpose will merge back into the chaos that is nature.<br />
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Even when our purpose is to make something look like nature we only maintain it at a very superficial level which only goes as deep as it needs to fool those intended. More importantly even when intelligence tries to make something appear natural, the components will still have a function or purpose and many times will have components that are there specifically to counter the natural processes that cause things to change in the wild. Moreover if the creator had purpose like wanting us to believe in him or just know he exists, we would see it everywhere and it would not be hidden. Should see signs that have optimization beyond what would show an evolutionary benefit. You should see optimization for the creators benefit. Intelligence would not be limited to lineage like nature. You should find features that transcend a single lineage and bridge unrelated species. Intelligence would not find multiple ways to solve the same problem, it doesn't need to. Intelligence tends to find the best way and use it, over and over. You would not expect there to be multiple types of eyes doing the same function meeting the same need, but genetically unique. If there was no macro evolution then you should see the hand of the intelligent creator, plain as day in every creature we genetically map. If there was a creator, science would be categorizing all life, not by the common traits handed down generation to generation but by the assortment of genetic code and common components that form a unique combination of each animal. <br />
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If there was a creator you should not see any genetic lineages in that each genome would be its own standard type and traceable through other species regardless of any other traits are shared. A creator would also want to minimize the impact of evolution. If he created something perfect, the last thing he would want is to have it morphing all over adapting to new situations. So you would not see mutations or even the viral markers we use for dating. You would expect, events and structures that lead to genetic variability would be minimized. To this end you would think an intelligent creator would not need 2 sexes. Although 2 sexes is absolutely essential to the evolutionary process, they serve no purpose if we were created. Why would god need such variation, If humans where self impregnating, they wouldn't need orgasm and mating rituals and you wold eliminate porn and rape and all sex related sin. Admittedly the notion of sexual reproduction is so ingrained in us that no religion will even begin to question why 2 sexes but if you were designing us from scratch wouldn't one be easier or for Christians wouldn't 3 be more relevant.<br />
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Beyond our evolution, you should also see the signs of intelligence in the formation of the universe and throughout all of physics. The evidence of Gods purpose should be everywhere. If he created the universe for our benefit you would not expect a big bang or even a full fledge universe a we have. Actually what you would expect is pretty much what, the ancients thought it was with crystal spheres and all that, a small cozy universe that more resembled a zoo than the universe we see. <br />
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Now I know many of you are saying that fact that we can understand the universe at all is evidence of gods intelligence. But that statement exemplifies a lack of understanding of what science is and how our own problem solving abilities work. Humans find a way to understand what ever is there, that's all science is. If god and related supernatural phenomenon existed then you would expect science studying the peculiar way that physic interacts with life and more specifically the human brain to support formation of a soul or spirit. Or your mental health would be measured thru an MRI like device to determine how your mind interactions with your soul, or you would be able to validate that someone actually talked with god or ghosts or whatever, or the workings of miracles and all supernatural phenomenon would be just another part of physics. If god existed and interacted the way theist claim you would expect to see it in not some subtle way but in a grand way. <br />
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In my video, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqACDBWMdB0">My Proof God does not Exist! Part 1</a>, I talk more about what you would expect as far as physical evidence of god if he existed.<br />
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If there really was a god what would you expect? Well for one thing, I would have expected that science would have validated the existence of god and related supernatural phenomena by now. Now don't take this as some pompous scientific hand waving. You don't have something that interacts with our bodies and minds and not have some obvious impact in the physical world at least at the molecular/atomic level. The problem is that if god existed in the way most theist tend to imply, you would not expect it to be some weak subtle influence but something rather spectacular and widespread, at least as compared to our current understanding of subatomic particles and quantum mechanics. <br />
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I know many theist say wait a minute “you can't know gods nature”, “god is beyond our understanding,” and “god is supernatural, "beyond nature.” Why? Most of the things we know of science would have been consider supernatural a few hundred years ago. Sort of by definition anything we cannot directly or indirectly measure or test, we would have to classify as supernatural. But what we know is not constant, it builds upon itself. Especially under science, mankind has been able to come to an understanding of a substantial portion of his environment. I would have guest that the existence of supernatural events happening in the natural world would have become obvious to science in the last 100 years. I can already hear some of you saying, we will never be able to figure out god. But that I suspect is just wishful thinking among many of you theist because you know that through knowledge comes resolution and answers to question too many people say they already have the answer. The problem with believing in the supernatural it still takes its impact on the natural world for you to know it exists. Even if all we can see is the results like molecules moving, chemical process initiated, and electrical energy transfered, we should be able to observe, measure, and test it in a scientific way. Moreover how it impacts at the subatomic level should give us incites into how it relates to our universe and our more conventional physics. With our human capacity to understand and some physical evidence to work from we could determine the nature of heaven if it existed.<br />
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So lets look at the soul or spirit. Just about every mythology claims we have some part of us that is persistent after death whether if goes to heaven or is reincarnated in another life it is supposed to be some part of us. Many a Cristian claim the soul is actually where our consciousness lies but I doubt very few have ever thought through what that really means. Unless the soul is completely passive (only reading what or mind thinks and does), the soul must be able to interact and mostly create thought within our body independent of the rest of our neurological system. But thought is not a simple electronic signal like some piece of a computer program. Unlike computers, the brain is not some fixed set of processors in which instructions are inputted and process. No two brains are exactly the same. The brain grows its processors (brain cells) as the body grows (I.e. brain cells (grey matter) continue to grow up to late teens and the interconnectivity (white matter)until early 30s) and as such are influenced by the experiences of the human. Sensory inputs (touch smell sight, taste, hearing) are physically mapped into areas of the brain's grey matter multiple times and memory and thought are also similarly distributed. Moreover there does not appear to be a common language or operating system as in computers but rather the electro chemical interactions and physical structure of the brain are what defines the contextual and relational aspects of our thoughts. For the soul or spirit to interact with the mind it would have to be able to interpret the neurological signals and translate them into meaningful representation the soul understands. And conversely, the soul needs to be able to take what ever thoughts/ command/ memories it wants to send back to our bodies and map them back into the chaotic structures which is our brains. While there are potentially learning methods that could do this, but from a design point of view its not very intelligent. More significantly to my argument, from an interface point of view, it would be humongous. If the soul was in communication with the brain on any continuous manner the amount of information and energy should be spectacular on the molecular level. The brain should be saturated with these soul to body messages and they would all appear to come out of nowhere. And with each and every thought generated by our consciousness, we should be able to see a change in the physical universe that can't be explained by our current science. Now some may say “well quantum mechanics is pretty strange, maybe thats where the interactions of the soul lies” but in all our research we have never been able to find a quantum level effect that is associated with life let alone intelligence. There is nothing in science that would imply that there is any type of interaction able to support a soul and based on what we currently know we probably should have discovered it if it existed. <br />
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Another thing that the concept of a soul does very poorly is predict how the damage mind works. If our consciousness were in the soul then why would physical damage to the brain change our conscious mind? How could mental activities ever just stop if the soul is constantly talking to it and generating thoughts?<br />
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Much like the soul, many other things we call supernatural would have a very distinct physical impact on our world. Things like ghost, psychic abilities, miracles, stigmata, talking in tong, etc. would all leave some physical trail that physics should be able to find. People claim that they see, hear, feel and even witnessed physical manifestation (stuff moving and breaking) by ghosts but there claims and evidence is always lacking. I'm not talking about the kind of bogus electro-magnetic interference effects that they show on TV ghost hunter show. We live in a world saturated with electro-magnetic interference effects but we have always been able to identify a source in the real world if you look hard enough. If their claims were true and ghost really did exist and generate EMI, then ghosts being mobile and intelligent would almost universally play havoc with all the electronics. Electronic chips would have to be ghost proofed for them to be reliable and we should be able to easily detect them. <br />
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More significantly since ghost are supposed to be humans and you would expect that they would be trying to communicate with us just as some of us claim to try to talk to them. Wouldn't you expect some nerdy ghost to writing their name across the CCD collectors (the electronics that records light) in telescopes, day after day. Don't you think some enterprising ghost would be sending its images through television signals rather than just the cameras of ghost hunters. <br />
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If these supernatural realms existed and had some interaction with our universe, science would know it and be studying it. If they existed, there would be new formal branch of science pulling together physics, biology, cosmology, genetics, and others to come to understand it. You would have large research project looking at how the humans interact with this supernatural world their souls on a subatomic level, examining the intricacies of how our physical bodies communicate with the soul, how much energy is transfered back and forth between the gods dimension/realm/state and ours in the process, what is the make up of this other realm, gods, angles, demons, souls ghost, etc. and what is the nature of this relationship (parasitic/symbiotic) , how did it physically come into being, did god actually create it or did he just build upon what was already there. You would expect physicist would be trying to develop super unified theories in which they try to work out how the physic in god's realm relates to our own unified theories and their would be a whole discipline of science trying to determine what god was up to, his intentions, and desires. If there really was a god it would be scientist leading way to understand gods nature but that is not the reality we live in.<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733133413723355455noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413543133796902336.post-41443271189648854262011-10-15T19:21:00.000-04:002011-10-28T21:30:47.377-04:00Population Weighted History<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In </span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pharyngula</span></span></a></u></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> article </span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/09/21/humanitys-recent-surge/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+freethoughtblogs/pharyngula+(FTB:+Pharyngula)"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Humanity’s recent surge</span></span></span></span></span></a></u></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1a1b1b;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">, PZ discusses a chart from </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.economist.com/node/21522912"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">The Economist</span></span></span></span></span></span></a></u></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1a1b1b;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> The chart deals with population and growth rate on the same time scale by century. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The article got me wondering how the data would look if you plotted it along a population weighted year (PWYr) time scale. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">A PWYr is a measure of time based on the number of years lived collectively by a population over some long time scale (i.e. where population is changing dramatically). It turns out that a PWYr is equal average population over a reference period. A table of PWYr shift the years such that it creates a corresponding date within the reference period that assumes a constant population over that period.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #1a1b1b;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The interesting thing is that change especially for technology, knowledge, and research driven endeavors like economics, science, longevity, communication, etc. should be at least in part proportional to the number of people living. In other words, for any society, the more people there are, the more that can contribute to change, and so the faster the change appears. I came up with the notion of a PWYr a few years ago and always thought it would be an interesting way to watch change over the centuries.</span></span></span><br />
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To see what a Population Weighted Year looks like, I used <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population_estimates">World population data</a> from Wikipedia to calculate roughly how many years lived over each of the population intervals. I then summed the total years lived and divided by the total period covered to get the average population, which is also the number of years lived in a population weighted year. When I took the period from 0 CE to 2010, I get:</div>
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From there is is simple to calculate the equivalent date in PWYrs for each interval which I have calculated in Table 1. You may ask Why 0 to 2010? I was trying to look at the time line from roughly to day and so 2010 was the closest date to today.</div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Table 1: Calendar year vs Population weighted Year (PWYr) based on the average population (603902890) from year 0 to 2010. Therefore, 1 PWYr is equivalent to 603,902,890 years lived by the world population. The data came from Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population_estimates">World Population Estimates</a> article.</span></span></i></div>
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310000000</div>
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652</div>
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500000000</div>
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1271</div>
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1650000000</div>
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1392</div>
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2070000000</div>
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1483</div>
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1950</div>
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2529346000</div>
</td> <td width="93"><div align="RIGHT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0.14in;">
1559</div>
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1960</div>
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3023358000</div>
</td> <td width="93"><div align="RIGHT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0.14in;">
1605</div>
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1970</div>
</td> <td width="99"><div align="RIGHT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-right: 0.06in;">
3685777000</div>
</td> <td width="93"><div align="RIGHT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0.14in;">
1660</div>
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1980</div>
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4437609000</div>
</td> <td width="93"><div align="RIGHT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0.14in;">
1727</div>
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1990</div>
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5290452000</div>
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1808</div>
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2000</div>
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6115367000</div>
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1902</div>
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2010</div>
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6908688000</div>
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2010</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">*UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2008)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">**Population for 8000 BCE is from Population Reference Bureau (1973–2008)</span></span></div>
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A couple of the things to note from Table one:<br />
1. The early Roman empire is about halfway (remember this is to say years lived) between today and the earliest civilizations.<br />
2. In 0 CE it was about 2 calendar years for every PWYr while today is about 10 PWYr for every 1 calendar year.<br />
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So with PWYr table in hand I went back to the economics graph shown above and tried to see if I could plot it on a PWYr Scale. So doing my best to count pixels and color values I tried to recreate the data. Since PWYr is inherently proportional to population I figured that what I needed from the graph is only the ratio between the economic output and the population. I also assumed the 21st century was just till today and assumed equivalent to 2010. Figure 2 is my plot of the data for the Economic Output as a percentage of output per percentage of population versus the equivalent PWYr for the average calender year for the period listed (i.e. going from points right to left they a for calendar year 2005, 1950, 1850, 1750, 1650, 1550, 1350, 1150, 950, 50).<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RH0YAuz8JJU/TpM1SWemQFI/AAAAAAAAAJI/J8Y2KXYn_ZU/s912/output+vs+PWYr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="481" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RH0YAuz8JJU/TpM1SWemQFI/AAAAAAAAAJI/J8Y2KXYn_ZU/s640/output+vs+PWYr.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Figure 2: Economic Output vs Population Weighted Year</i></span></td></tr>
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My first reaction was WOW, that's interesting. </div>
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I had wondered if there would be any pattern but if this represents anything real it looks like that the growth rate of output took a significant step around the late 19th early 20th century.. maybe the event that triggered it, is the singularity equivalent to the big bang...maybe not. Admittedly this data is real rough and if we looked at it on a finer detail especially for the 20th and 21st centuries it is likely to tell as very difference story. I hope somebody posts the supporting data in more detail.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1b1b; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><b>History in a PWYr perspective</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">As I said above I originally thought of this as an interesting way of looking at the history and so created a table of various technological events and calculated their corresponding on PWYr time scale (Table 2). Note the dates for the events are most taken from various technology timeline mostly on Wikipedia and I make no claim as to their accuracy. I also tried to color code different types of data (key at top).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Table 2: </span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>PWYr For Various Historic Events (mostly technological). Original dates taken mostly from Wikipedia and linear interpreted from PWYr table. Note PWYr is based on a 0-2010 reference period</i></span></i></span></div>
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Historic</div>
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General Technology</div>
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Astronomy</div>
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Physics</div>
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Biology</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Year</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Historic Events</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>PWYr</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">9500 BCE</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">First building phase of the temple complex at Göbekli Tepe</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>2031 BCE</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">8000 BCE</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">First agriculture in Eygpt </span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>2020 BCE</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">8000 BCE</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">First Wine</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>2020 BCE</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">5600 BCE</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">First writing -the Dispilio Tablet,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1414 BCE</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">5400 BCE</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Otzi the Iceman lived</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1338 BCE</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2620 BCE</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Earliest known Egyptian pyramids</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>663 BCE</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2500 BCE</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stonehenge</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>631BCE</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1211 BCE</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Great Pyramid of Giza</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>331BCE</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">320 BCE</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Aristotle</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>81BCE</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">200 BCE</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Archimedes</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>51BCE</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">27 BCE</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Julius Caesar starts his rule over Ancient Rome</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>7 BCE</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">850</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">China: Invention of gunpowder</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>429</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1220</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Robert Grosseteste: rudimentals of the scientific method (see also: Roger Bacon) </span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>634</b></span></span></div>
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<tr valign="TOP"> <td width="82"><div align="RIGHT" style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1327</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">William of Ockham: Occam's Razor</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>709</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1440</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Gutenberg: Printing press</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>794</b></span></span></div>
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<tr valign="TOP"> <td bgcolor="#e6ff00" width="82"><div align="RIGHT" style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1543</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Copernicus: heliocentric model</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>884</b></span></span></div>
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<tr valign="TOP"> <td bgcolor="#ffcc99" width="82"><div align="RIGHT" style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1609</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Johannes Kepler: first two laws of planetary motion </span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>955</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1686</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Newton: Laws of motion, law of universal gravitation, basis for classical physics</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1037</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1761</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mikhail Lomonosov: discovery of the atmosphere of Venus</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1122</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1843</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">James Prescott Joule: Law of Conservation of energy (First law of thermodynamics)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1258</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1857</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Johann Carl Fuhlrott & Hermann Schaaffhausen discover Neanderthal</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1288</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1859</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Charles Darwin: Origin of Species</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1293</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1903</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wright Brother:s </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">First powered flight</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1400</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1915</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Albert Einstein: theory of general relativity</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1450</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1927</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Charles Lindbergh becomes the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean 19927/1473</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1473</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1927</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Heisenberg uncertainty principle </span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1473</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1945</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">First atomic bomb (Trinity)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1576</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1953</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Crick and Watson: helical structure of DNA, basis for molecular biology</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1572</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1954</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The first silicon transistor </span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1576</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1957</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">USSR: First artificial satellite to be put into Earth's orbit</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1590</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1964</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Detection of CMBR providing experimental evidence for the Big Bang</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1626</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1969</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">First Humans on the Moon</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1654</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1976</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Viking landed on Mars</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1699</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1977</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Classify archaea as a new, separate domain of life</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1706</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1977</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">First successfully mass marketed personal computer was the Commodore PET</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1706</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1985</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Voyager makes visit Neptune</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1766</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1996</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">First cloned mammal: Dolly the sheep</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1863</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1998</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Discover the cosmic acceleration in observations of Type Ia supernovae providing the first evidence for a non-zero cosmological constant.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1883</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1999</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">First extrasolar planet definitely discovered</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1890</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2001</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Compete Human genome mapped</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1913</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2008</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1 billion PC computers world wide </span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1988</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2010</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Genetic code of Neanderthal and other archaic found in humans</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>2010</b></span></div>
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What is the significant of this, don't really know other than it gives a much more leisurely pace to technology. There are some very interesting progressions but I'll let you find your own.<br />
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<br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733133413723355455noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413543133796902336.post-68215051567970624622011-07-25T19:39:00.001-04:002011-07-25T19:45:18.258-04:00Sita Sings the Blues<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I want to thank <a href="http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2011/07/25/no-wonder-sita-sings-the-blues/"><b>Helmet (The Friendly Atheist)</b></a> for the link to a really great movie by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Paley"><b>Nina Paley</b></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sita_Sings_the_Blues">"Sita Sings The Blues"</a>. I love the imagery, the intermix of modern day and ancient Hindu, the comedy and of course most of all the music. I love the sweet and comic use of 1920's songs by </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15px;"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annette_Hanshaw">Annette Hanshaw</a> </b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXdClOxw0cJ7-2-J3upNYbdc&feature=bottomfeedr">(playlist)</a>. Here is the movie:</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Per the video description:</span><br />
<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 15px;">"Sita Sings the Blues" is based on the Hindu epic "The Ramayana". Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved Lord and husband Rama. Nina Paley is an animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by email. Three hilarious shadow puppets narrate both ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this beautifully animated interpretation of the Ramayana. Set to the 1920's jazz vocals of torch singer Annette Hanshaw, Sita Sings the Blues earns its tagline as "the Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told." It is written, directed, produced and animated by American artist Nina Paley.</span></blockquote>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733133413723355455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413543133796902336.post-83229355780600024492011-07-24T09:25:00.000-04:002011-07-24T09:25:46.624-04:00Covers of the Week - What Becomes of the Brokenhearted (Jimmy Ruffin)<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Becomes_of_the_Broken_Hearted">What Becomes of the Brokenhearted</a> is a classic Motown R&B in this 1966 hit for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Ruffin"><b>Jimmy Ruffin</b></a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist/Jimmy_Ruffin?feature=watch_video_title">(playlist)</a> and there are some ereally great covers of the years.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Osborne"><b>Joan Osborne</b></a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist/Joan_Osborne?feature=watch_video_title">(playlist)</a> does a really great soulful version.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA0GcXV2njY">Here is better version of it but I could not embed it</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robson_%26_Jerome"><b>Robson & Jerome</b></a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist/Robson_&_Jerome?feature=watch_video_title">(Playlist)</a> took their cover to the top of the British charts<br />
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<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_George">Boy George</a> </b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist/Boy_George?feature=watch_video_title">(playlist)</a> put his own style <br />
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Nice duet with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR0EkIvsP9Q"><b>Boy George & Luther Vandross</b></a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Young_(singer_and_guitarist)"><b>Paul Young</b></a> did a nice version on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_Green_Tomatoes_(film)">Fried Green Tomatoes</a> sound track<br />
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<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Stump">Patrick Stump (Fall Out boys)</a> & <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daryl_Hall">Daryl Hall</a></b> do a wonderful version "Live From Daryl's House"<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Cocker"><b>Joe Cocker</b></a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist/Joe_Cocker?feature=watch_video_title">(playlist)</a><br />
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<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Blunstone">Colin Blunstone</a> and Dave Stewart</b><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didi_Benami"><b>Didi Benami</b></a> gives it kinda of a country flair<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><b>and here is the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">original classic by Jimmy Ruffin</span></b></i></span><br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2vf3ZE7CLg0" width="425"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733133413723355455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413543133796902336.post-21528678675277803762011-07-21T22:53:00.002-04:002011-07-23T13:05:36.357-04:00Cover of the Week - Love is a Battlefield (Pat Benatar)<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Is_a_Battlefield">Love is a Battlefield</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Benatar">Pat Benatar</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist/Pat_Benatar?feature=watch_video_title">(playlist)</a> is one of my favorite songs of all-times. Although several of Pat's songs would fit in that title. Power and passion pulsated from her rock and roll and flows into her covers.<br />
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For something differenct, I'll start off with a version by Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo but not the original but a very nice slightly different acoustic version<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Raspberry_(singer)">Blue Raspberry</a><br />
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Metal version with the Fires Embrace<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Norman">Chris Norman</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist/Chris_Norman?feature=watch_video_title">(playlist)</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ChristyThompsonMusic">Christy Thompson</a><br />
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Rather heavy metal version by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amity_Affliction">Amity Affliction</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Lawson_(musician)">Steve Lawson</a> and Lobelia... although it gets weird after the during the guitar solo<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/chawk6072">Cheryl Hawrylko</a> not really sure what I see n this one, maybe its the smile<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For something special ... here is a really great <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literal_video_version">Literal Video Version</a> </span></b><br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dsZ-BMKVbSc" width="425"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733133413723355455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413543133796902336.post-6780700481296924312011-07-11T00:28:00.002-04:002011-07-11T00:31:06.453-04:00Covers of the Week - Scarborough Fair (English traditional)<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarborough_Fair">Scarborough Fair</a> is a traditional English ballad. Most people now it by way of Simon & Garfunkel. Not really a lot of variation but very beautiful.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_%26_Garfunkel">Simon & Garfunkel</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist/Simon_&_Garfunkel?feature=watch_video_title">(playlist)</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Brightman">Sarah Brightman</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist/Sarah_Brightman?feature=watch_video_title">(playlist)</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9rgio_Mendes">Sergio Mendes and the Brazil '66</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXfa8PoBuoHx_vmAkvef2gvN&feature=bottomfeedr">(playlist)</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Woman">Celtic Woman</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist/Celtic_Woman?feature=watch_video_title">(playlist)</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imagined_Village">The Imagined Village</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ThyBloodMyGain">Thy Blood My Gain</a><br />
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Rendezvous and Friends (8 Part)- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AndrewKesler">AndrewKesler</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensryche">Queensryche</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXffck5HdJbyh_gye9KqcEAZ&feature=bottomfeedr">(playlist)</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/daniscool99">Danny Fong</a> Feat. David Fong - A Collaborative Barbershop Multitrack<br />
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YouTube covers missing include <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Hayward">Justin Hayward</a> (<a href="http://www.myspace.com/524444316/music/songs/scarborough-fair-207385">audio</a>)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Instrumentals</b></span><br />
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Franco Morone & <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Boegershausen">Ulli Boegershausen</a><br />
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PHPham Duc Thanh of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Sudden_Productions">Oliver Sudden Productions</a><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Da Rules (a work in progress)</span></b><br />
1. I hold no truths to be absolute and no absolutes to be true. (No Absolutes Rule)<br />
2. I hold no truth to be self evident. (No Free Ride rule)<br />
3. I hold no belief on anything for which we humans know nothing about. (No Making Shit up rule)<br />
4. I hold no humans can truly know or even imagine anything infinite and reality seems to concur. (Nothing infinite matters Rule)<br />
5. I hold no abstractions to be real except as they manifest their usefulness to the holder. (Usefulness of Abstractions Rule)<br />
6. I hold no belief about others that I am not willing to apply to myself. (Play Fair Rule)<br />
7. I hold no human like being is behind any aspect of our universe except our own actions. (Don't be Narcissistic rule)<br />
8. I hold no delusion that humans are inherently logical. (Silly Humans rule)<br />
9. I hold on to reality as tightly as I can. (Reality rules!)<br />
10. I hold my pants up with a belt, most times. (Token Reality Rule)<br />
11. Follow the evidence wherever it takes you (Prime directive)<br />
12.Belief shapes Perception (Believing is Seeing)<br />
13. Never be afraid to be wrong (but don't guess)<br />
14. Be honest with yourself above all else.<br />
15. Live within the bounds of human experience and not human imagination.<br />
16. Define yourself by what you know and not what you don't know.<br />
17. Hope for the best but be prepared for the worst.<br />
18. Worry and anger do nothing to improve a situation<br />
19. All things in moderation especially moderation (seek balance over the center).<br />
20. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, when you don't know what else to do.<br />
21. Almost nobody sees themselves as truly evil or completely wrong.<br />
22. Conspiracy is much rarer than incompetence in explaining the human state.<br />
23. You've got to save a lot a butt if you want to get away with murder<br />
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<u>Additionally I use</u><br />
1.Occam's Razor - when faced with competing hypothesis that are equal in other respects, selecting the one that makes the fewest new assumptions.<br />
2. Sagan Standard - Extreme claims require extreme evidence<br />
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At one point this was a couple of pages but in trying to simplify my beliefs, I have tryed to keep it to whats important.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733133413723355455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413543133796902336.post-28184148869513941842011-06-19T13:04:00.002-04:002011-06-19T13:16:50.582-04:00Covers of the Week - The Lazy Song (Bruno Mars)Took a weak off, and so I'm back with a new cover. This week it's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Mars">Bruno Mars</a>' <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist/Bruno_Mars?feature=watch_video_title">(playlist)</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lazy_Song">The Lazy Song</a> which came out in February of 2011. Like most new songs, most of the covers tend to be done by fans and in Brono's original style but there are a lot of them and there are some really good performances. This song also has a lot of very funny parodies and I've added some but be aware some are a little adult so if your a easily offended don't watch.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/chestersee">Chester See</a> has a great version on the softer side<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/megannicolesite">Megan Nicole</a> does a nice girls parody of the Bruno Mars video<br />
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A Cappella multi-track version by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AllAdultsHere">AllAdultsHere</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TaeBrooks">Tae Brooks</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/itsmePAULINA">Paulina</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/justinrobinettmusic">Justin Robinett</a><br />
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The Horny Song (warning adult content) by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TimothyDeLaGhetto2">TimothyDeLaGhetto aka Traphik</a><br />
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Canucks Stanley Cup Finals Song by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/philbertsimon">Philbert Simon</a><br />
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The Campy Song by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/MrAgent0077">MrAgent0077</a><br />
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Crazy Song by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/michaelbalalis">Michael Balalis</a><br />
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The Fatty Song By <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/intellegentz">Intellegentz</a><br />
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The Toilet Song by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/barelypolitical">Barely Political</a><br />
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There is several paradies relative to doing calculus that are cute from a geeky stated of mind, here is <a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7413543133796902336&postID=2818414886951394184">rohr531</a> Calculus time and you might even learn something.<br />
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Also see <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGiEn-y3Qjg&feature=related">LBMillerV2</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD1St5ZcRP0&feature=related">morgannnraz</a>,<br />
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and here's on on Trigonometry by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ListYT1">ListYT1</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLexgOxsZu0"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Original Bruno Mars Video</span></b></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733133413723355455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413543133796902336.post-19972792418201899972011-06-05T19:11:00.002-04:002011-06-05T19:24:28.893-04:00Covers of the Week - Mash-up SpecialThis week is some thing different (and of course anything different is good). For those that don't know a mash-up is where multiple songs are are combined into one. Here is a link to my regular mashups playlist which I call <b><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?p=PLC67BE07B2F7AE548">Non-Linear Melodies</a></i></b>. Tonight I've collected some of my favorite acoustic mash-ups and mash-up covers from my <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?p=PL7B4E938075FF167D">Organic Mashups Playlist</a> on youTube.<br />
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Mashing up <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvBfHwUxHIk"><b>Umbrella</b></a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmCpOKtN8ME"><b>Singing in the Rain</b></a> has been done multiple time by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61tOzOUguF4&feature=related">Jamie Cullum</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbZcYy6AAGg&feature=related">Glee</a>. My favorite version is by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/sonnetsings">Sonnet</a> its a little more tender and just a better covers. <br />
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On <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PTDv_szmL0">Nothin' On You</a> vs. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVpv8-5XWOI">Hey Soul Sister</a></b>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/KurtHugoSchneider">Kurt Schneider</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/AhmirTV">AHMIR</a> combine talents to create an absolutely marvelous and polished mashup<br />
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One if my favorite recent mash-ups is <a href="http://videopois.com/Genel/Alejandro--039-s-Not-A-Robot--HD-.html">DJ Serge-N's mashup "<b>Alejandro's Not A Robot</b>"</a> but due to copyright reasons it isn't on youtube. It Mashes <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niqrrmev4mA">Lady Gaga's <b>Alejandro</b></a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_oMD6-6q5Y">Marina and the Diamonds <b>I'm Not a Robot</b></a><b>.</b> Two Fans, Rayna and Abbey at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/brinkofeternity">brinkofeternity</a>, have done a nice acoustic cover of the mash-up.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15px;"></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/pauldateh">Paul Dateh</a> and Ken Belcher do A Virtual Billionaire's Insanity (mash-up of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aRor905cCw">Travie Mccoy: <b>Billionaire</b></a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JkIs37a2JE">jamiroquai: <b>Virtual Insanity</b></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/twomuchcents">Two Much Cents</a> with Vanilla Crosby do great mash-up of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENXvZ9YRjbo">Weezer's "<b>Say It Aint So</b>"</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfgLcehHKlw">Marvin Gaye's "<b>Sexual Healing</b>"</a> they call <b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marvin Geezer</span></i></b>. <br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/CarrieEvangeline">Carrie Evangeline</a> does a mash-up of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVpv8-5XWOI"><b>Hey Soul Sister</b></a> by Train and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bESGLojNYSo"><b>Poker Face</b></a> by Lady Gaga. You can tells she is a little unsure but she does a very good job.<br />
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<a href="http://www.thecooltableband.com/">The Cool Table</a> is one of few Bands that do live mash-ups. Here is a the mash-up of The Killers, Billy Idol, Blondie!!!<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/gjosephhanopol">Joseh</a> has done many really great mash-up like this one Spirit of Revolution although I don't think he does mash-ups any more.<br />
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Others great mash-ups include: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqknFC1sa1o">I don't believe it's too late</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8crcjSMzmk">let tide be blind</a>, and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyP1bpQ05u0">break on tequila</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/coreytut">Corey TuT</a> does a really fun mash-up of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bESGLojNYSo">Lady Gaga- Poker Face</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi_XLOBDo_Y">Michael Jackson Billie Jean</a>, and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQo8vZixklg">Kim Zolciak-Tardy For The Party</a><br />
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And I'll end with another Mash-up Band that's a little over the top but lots of fun, Smash Up Derby. Here is is them performing a mash-up of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM4vblG6BVQ">U2's Sunday,Bloody Sunday</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIb6AZdTr-A">Cyndi Lauper's Girls Just Want To Have Fun</a>.<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LVh-jeYv38I?rel=0" width="425"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733133413723355455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413543133796902336.post-32001833318763859332011-05-29T18:10:00.002-04:002011-06-05T19:24:57.989-04:00Covers of the Week - Poker Face (Lady Gaga)<blockquote>"There's a fine line between a generic person from the 80s and Janice from the Muppet Show, and Lady Gaga dares to ride that line" (Molly Lewis). </blockquote>What can you say about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_gaga">Lady Gaga</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=4oVf-d_DwKC4uVbGAE8AWcSBM5EpNrJi&feature=artistob">(playlist)</a>? She is becoming the quintessential pop icon for today's generation. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker_Face_(Lady_Gaga_song)">Poker Face</a> is one of my favorite Lady Gaga songs and has the diverse set of covers to make it fun. <br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Lewis">Molly Lewis</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/sweetafton23">(youTube)</a> has fun with Lady Gaga<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Daughtry">Chris Daughtry</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist/Daughtry?feature=watch_video_title">(playlist)</a> does a great acoustic version<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absent_Elk">Absent Elk</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AbsentElkDotCom">(youTube)</a> does an excellent slightly countrified version<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mika_(singer)">Mika</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXegUll-1c_7IhtjrhnfO4-v&feature=bottomfeedr">(playlist)</a><br />
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a little harder version with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Me_at_Six">You Me At Six</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXewTNUmB5hkOBhtbyBMb6UM&feature=bottomfeedr">(playlist)</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixie_Lott">Pixie Lott </a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist/Pixie_Lott?feature=watch_video_title">(playlist)</a><br />
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Blowsight <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=4oVf-d_DwKB1vZ0mYDB5bQejbxTFbiwr&feature=bottomfeedr">(playlist)</a> rocks it<br />
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Very nice a capella version by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/FanninEleven">Fannin Eleven</a><br />
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Instrumental by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Valeri1Glava">Valeri Glava</a>, Igor Iachimciuc, and Nathan O'Bryant.<br />
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And another fine acoustic by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Silveira">Lucas Silveira</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist/The_Cliks?feature=watch_video_title">(The Cliks playlist)</a><br />
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Other notable fun version:<br />
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<ul><li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJDx3H_hvI8">Christopher Walken reads the lyrics</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSEST-oQH68">Eric Cartman sings</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLe0Cw2gQeU">"Pock Ur face" Parody</a></li>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7413543133796902336&postID=3200183331876385933">Lady Gaga Original Video.</a><br />
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<a href="http://simpleatheist.blogspot.com/p/covers-of-week.html">Check out my other Covers of the Week</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733133413723355455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413543133796902336.post-11072007805134383172011-05-22T23:53:00.002-04:002011-05-23T00:54:37.421-04:00Covers of the Week - Crazy (Gnarls Barkley)Last in our Crazy May trio is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley">Gnarls Barkley</a>'s <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXeiigLwP8TM1f2XBUxgfXHT&feature=bottomfeedr">(playlist)</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_(Gnarls_Barkley_song)">Crazy</a> which came out in 2006 and is a fun one. With loads of great covers that make you head bob, foot tap, butt squirm and your whole body rock out to a great party song. <br />
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Starting off with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelly_Furtado">Nelly Furtado</a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist/Nelly_Furtado?feature=watch_video_title">(playlist)</a> absolutely awesome version<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_Femmes">Violent Femmes</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXfwwUopDCDOkTfKzUlVSfrf&feature=bottomfeedr">(playlist)</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kooks">The Kooks</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXdDfZ0rwj3djFBQrrQ7f9Zf&feature=bottomfeedr">(playlist)</a> do a great acoustic version<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/imanejordan">Mateo</a> gives it a little acoustic souls<br />
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Great A Capella version by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AudioFeels">AudioFeels</a> and K8 ... <i>and K8 is Crazy</i><br />
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Party on with The Beautiful Republic <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist/This_Beautiful_Republic?feature=watch_video_title">(playlist)</a> and everybody better be singin'<br />
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A sweet version by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_LaMontagne">Ray Lamontagne</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist/Ray_LaMontagne?feature=watch_video_title">(playlist)</a><br />
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a touch of tender jazz by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Noonan">Katie Noonan</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXeecJ4dYiEHOVWCMTM_aXR1&feature=bottomfeedr">(playlist)</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Castro_(singer)">Jason Castro</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist/Jason_Castro?feature=watch_video_title">(playlist)</a><br />
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my last on is a cool instrumental on a Theremin by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ooo6">Randy George</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd2B6SjMh_w">The original by Gnarls Barkley</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://simpleatheist.blogspot.com/p/covers-of-week.html">More Covers of the Week</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733133413723355455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413543133796902336.post-73061400309928859322011-05-22T19:45:00.003-04:002011-06-02T22:45:01.538-04:00Atheism as a Religion<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcPo53PpdX4">hear it on youTube</a></i></span><br />
This is a response to the youTube Videos: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lSNctxeB8c">"Atheism is a Religion"...?</a> by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/BionicDance">BionicDance</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQnovmyOvq4">An Atheist Calls Atheism a Religion</a> by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/GrapplingIgnorance">GrapplingIgnorance</a>.<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7413543133796902336&postID=7306140030992885932" name="watch-headline-title1"></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">When people argue about whether atheism is a religion or not, they are almost always arguing against 2 different usage (definitions) of the word atheism/atheist in society.<br />
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First off there is the classic dictionary definitions ... namely that atheism is the lack of a belief in god, the disbelief in God, and or the belief that god does not exist. As such it gives no other restrictions on the beliefs of atheists other than to say that they share a single belief about god. Religion or religious beliefs, on the other hand, is the set of beliefs and practices by which a person or group identify themselves or by others. Reality is atheism, theism, and agnosticism are really just a way we group or categorize a broader set of beliefs which can be typically sub divided into specific religions/religious beliefs. You would not claim that theism is a specific religion or religious belief. Even deists in general usage has a set of beliefs and share a common identity that defines itself as a religious belief. Under this definition atheism indeed cannot be a religion.<br />
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The second usage of atheists/atheism references the collection of people that call themselves atheist. People who use this definition tend to see atheism as more than just a group that shares a single belief but instead sees a community who share a whole suite of beliefs about skepticism, naturalism, science, and rational advocacy that dominate the popular atheist movement. While I have yet to see this usage in a dictionary, some atheists, most notably <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/04/oh_no_not_that_annoying_dictio.php">PZ Myers</a>, do tend to advocate this usage. Moreover many atheist will chastise other atheists who stray from orthodoxy of their "atheism" especially as it relates to tolerance and support in various forms of nonsense. Depending on your definition of religion, you could easily argue that this group would constitute a religion or at least a set of religious beliefs in that they share a common set of beliefs, doctrine, and identity; and are loosely organized (all be it in a very decentralized manner) and have established and recognizable leaders and advocates.<br />
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Beyond just the issue of a definition of atheism I think part of the problem is that many people especially atheist tend to associate religion only with the big organized theistic religions probably because they are the most visible and offensive examples to us. As we human inevitably do, we want to assume that our beliefs are different from those we oppose on every level and so any trait or structure attributed to them is automatically excluded from ourselves. We tend to assume that it is the notion of religion and not the beliefs and practices of that religion that is the real problem. Religions or religious beliefs do not have to deal with god, mysticism, super naturalism, or any specific other piece of woo. More over religions do not have to be hierarchical, rigid, homogeneous, inflexible, self centered, and ignorant; even with in the theistic religions these characteristics vary substantially.<br />
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Now, many atheist using the dictionary definition like to argue that "atheism is not a religion" like "Stamp collecting is not a hobby" or that "baldness is not a hair color or hair style". Even though the conclusion in this argument may be true, (and much like the people they arguing against), the actual argument is definitely a false dichotomy. You actually can have non-stamp collecting hobbies and baldness is generally considered a hairstyle* and hair color is an attribute of hairstyle that is not applicable to being bald (much like a weave is not applicable to a crew cut). Religions or at least religious beliefs can actually be theistic, atheistic, or agnostic.<br />
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I would like to note that this whole debate springs from theist's claiming that "Atheism is a religion" and the atheist community's response to dismiss it out of hand with out really trying to address the claim. Theist argue that "atheism is a religion" in order to lump all atheist (and any others group they oppose) under a single banner and to say all your criticism of our religion is false because you're just like us. Despite this fact, when theist talk about "atheism" they almost always are talking about the people that they identify as atheists and not about the dictionary definition. This is because they don't care about the specifics of our beliefs except as it relates to something they oppose. So when we atheist give our standard "non-stamp" type argument, we appear to be playing a semantic game which does not address what they see as religious-like activities.<br />
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The other main problem influencing this debate is the whole issue of what the "atheist community" calls themselves. The reality is we call our selves atheist and lump all atheist into one group primarily because that is what theist call us and it fits nicely with our self identity as individuals and the fact that we have consisted mostly of individuals or small groups isolated within a theistic community throughout most of our history. It is only in the last 200 to 100 years with the advent of a science based out look on reality that the number of atheist have grown and only in the last few decades where we have become a distinct and visible community. The problem lies in that this distinct community of atheist although organizing under various names (atheist, skeptic, freethinker, secular humanist, etc.), the terms we use do not represent different set of beliefs and the term "atheist" is still generally considered the moniker by which we identify ourselves and our beliefs. At some point, as the numbers of atheist grow, the beliefs of the atheist community will fragment, diversify, and compete as all belief systems do and the need to differentiate ourselves will grow.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">____________________</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">* e.g. Sinead O'Connor and if you go to get your hair styled/cut and you tell them you want it bald they will know what you mean.<br />
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<b>Afterthought</b>: A question for those who go by the Dictionary definition: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">when you think or talk about atheists do you mentally exclude none skeptical ones (Buddhist, New-ager, </span>purveyors<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> of assorted woo, etc.)?</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733133413723355455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413543133796902336.post-40362920858790405802011-05-15T18:45:00.004-04:002011-05-15T23:50:11.561-04:00Covers of the Week - Crazy (Seal)Released in 1990, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_(Seal_song)">Crazy</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_(musician)">Seal </a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXe9ZMcSkx_SNB0IdCyZiCa1&feature=artistob">(playlist)</a> is an awesome song. Being the middle sister of our <b><i>Crazy trio,</i></b> it may not get the recognition of the other Crazys and indeed Alanis Morissette is the only big name to cover it but it has some great covers with a diversity of styles.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alanis_Morissette">Alanis Morissette</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXcZgTI8_AUbVYhyOrLSlbDl&feature=watch_video_title">(playlist)</a> great version<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeasayer">Yeasayer</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXfR66apfcOoPrBnf9uQUIjD&feature=watch_video_title">(playlist)</a> adds a touch of folk <br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeasayer">Helena Paparizou</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXcCiFQIN8j6ArTHoEQd-OHd&feature=watch_video_title">(playlist)</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talisman_(band)">Talisman</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXek2YNlvY-2dtN-K35-4N6f&feature=watch_video_title">(playlist)</a> sweet metal version<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/CheapRobot">Cheap Robot</a> not quite sure if they were going for hip or haunting but I like it<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushroomhead">Mushroomhead</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXdw3E8F9ZzsofJdZLSbLx6Y&feature=watch_video_title">(playlist)</a> give us another nice metal version <br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rox_(singer)">ROX</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=AYMcY2vx8GReG1MRQF0clXYhMJsbd0Eg&feature=watch_video_title">(playlist)</a> does a very beautiful slow version<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Scott_Soto">Jeff Scott Soto</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXd0GVcoeqxeQKfPEsOE3PGA&feature=watch_video_title">(playlist)</a> strong acoustic version<br />
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Panic Cell <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXfv5zq5RZ5J9HptE1WR9Q3h&feature=watch_video_title">(playlist)</a> Lego's rock so does this version<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fc67yQsPqQ">Original Crazy video by Seal</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733133413723355455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413543133796902336.post-31367519534409305422011-05-09T22:31:00.004-04:002011-05-24T11:12:20.024-04:00The Anti-Pascal Counter Wager.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtZdBnYYwe0&feature=channel_video_title">hear it on you Tube</a></i></span><br />
If you believe that God exist and you're right, the odds are that you will not believe in the right god so your life time of servitude and debasement to a god will mean nothing since your ancestors picked the wrong god and you will be punished with the rest of the non believers.<br />
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If you believe that God exist and you're wrong, then you have wasted your life subservient to a being your ancestors made up, and all the bull shit you put up with was for nothing.<br />
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If you believe that God does not exist and you're right, then you are free to make the best of your life, share what you learn in life, and pass it on to the next generation.<br />
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And if you believe that God does not exist and you're wrong, the odds are that you will have the same fate as all those who believed in the wrong god (which should be most of them) but at least you tried to do the best you can.<br />
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If it made any difference to god if we believed in him, then it would seem quite reasonable that those who believed wrong would share the same fate. If god wanted us to believe in him, then we would know who the right god is... since everyone does not share the same belief about god, then you probably believe in the wrong one. In the end its a suckers bet to believe in god.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733133413723355455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413543133796902336.post-78981026582225983672011-05-09T00:13:00.002-04:002011-05-09T00:14:52.361-04:00Covers of the Week - Crazy (Patsy Cline)The Crazy Trilogy - First one up from 1962 is the truly classic and tender <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_(Patsy_Cline)">Crazy</a> written by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Nelson">Willie Nelson</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXdXinzoMM1-LGor0z_ajAcn&feature=artistob">(playlist)</a> and made famous by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patsy_Cline">Patsy Cline</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXfGOBTIaFoFcLOq2XtI96Zy&feature=bottomfeedr">(Playlist)</a>. One of the few country songs that I really love and it goes way back to my childhood. Maybe its the deeply melancholy lyrics that I seem to have a fascination for.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norah_Jones">Norah Jones</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXfQWFuhoKjKxdml5TQr04gB&feature=watch_video_title">(playlist)</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/BriNicole22">Brittany Nicole</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeAnn_Rimes">Leann Rimes</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXePHkLLXXk2EpVPszVQ1vaz&feature=watch_video_title">(playlist)</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cranberries">The Cranberries</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXcfJgcl4GL51_gcsRFM00IL&feature=artistob">(playlist)</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/soulriter">PapaLee</a><br />
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Kidney Thieves <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXdB9GjBXDzdQdyADnfgLldC&feature=bottomfeedr">(playlist)</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio_Iglesias">Julio Iglesias</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXdZp-N4r6c8rQdJf8SJ5AZ8&feature=watch_video_title">(playlist)</a><br />
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Havana Swing<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandi_Carlile">Brandi Carlile</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXcNEoqH71dUJ3rfbF9N8nfw&feature=artistob">(playlist)</a><br />
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Original country classic By <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-wJNpWgss8">Patsy Cline</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733133413723355455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413543133796902336.post-74493396786425006352011-05-01T10:41:00.001-04:002011-05-01T10:41:58.870-04:00Covers of the Week - Smells like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)This week I've chosen a modern classic that I have enjoyed the diversity of performances for years. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smells_Like_Teen_Spirit">Smells Like Teen Spirit</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(band)">Nirvana</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXdSG2PMAst4OGfe_op4PrqP&feature=bottomfeedr">(playlist)</a> is one of those songs that define a generation. This song some of the bet diversity of performance and any other in my collection of covers.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tori_Amos">Tori Amos</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXfqLRmFJYbeipjHvFhBA07s&feature=artistob">(playlist)</a> version is a classic unto itself as she throughly "torisizes" it.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scala_%26_Kolacny_Brothers">Scala & Kolacny Brothers</a> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_701957916"></span>(playlist)<span id="goog_701957917"></span></a>, soft and sweet, this all girl choir give a beautiful rendition<br />
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love <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Jazz">Animal Jazz</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=TGnpyrBl25yoI_Jdu8NeLbJ6F2So-Z0t&feature=bottomfeedr">(playlist)</a>as he brings in the whole audience<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patti_Smith">Patti Smith</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXdZOEGoytkFwKWp2ZjesJuW&feature=bottomfeedr">(playlist)</a> gets it<br />
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Nice Acoustic version<br />
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The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukulele_Orchestra_of_Great_Britain">Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXeVGazFem1QANV93KqGufXQ&feature=bottomfeedr">(playlist)</a> ownage.<br />
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Swing sound of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cheese">Richard Cheese</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXdCkpfb-43egeGMl9AtXOlZ&feature=bottomfeedr">(playlist)</a><br />
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Nice rock cover by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_That">Take That </a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXf9t6lQSeheTAEGhfw5cNNB&feature=artistob">(playlist)</a><br />
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Haunting rendition by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Nelson">Willie Nelson</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXdXinzoMM1-LGor0z_ajAcn&feature=artistob">(playlist)</a><br />
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A Capella version by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_Pickets">The Flying Pickets</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXdoAVRPjhR3zLeTLpt4R3nr&feature=bottomfeedr">(playlist)</a><br />
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Rock swings with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Anka">Paul Anka</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXep523oSlyteutq37FDA1V9&feature=bottomfeedr">(playlist)</a><br />
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Bluegrass version by Wheatstone Bridge<br />
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Dance version by Abigail<br />
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Adding a little Latin beat is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythms_del_Mundo">RDM (Rythm del Mundo)</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=4oVf-d_DwKA_5S9k7OSDvoQ4PY8oJIzr&feature=bottomfeedr">(Playlist)</a><br />
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For an iconic Grunge Rock anthem, it has been adopted by so many artist. here are a few of the many great instrumental version:<br />
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The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_String_Quartet">Vitamin String Quartet</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=4oVf-d_DwKA2Y8_EnCjApEINSQe9YZoe&feature=bottomfeedr">(playlist)</a> does their tribute to Nirvana<br />
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Great guitar by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sungha_Jung">Sungha Jung</a><br />
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Rock violin with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Garrett_(violinist)">David Garrett</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXdszCo3-pqfjjRz4g1OGd35&feature=bottomfeedr">(playlist)</a><br />
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Nice Jazz trio of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leszek_Mo%C5%BCd%C5%BCer">Leszek Możdżer</a> + Zohar Fresco, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Danielsson">Lars Danielsson</a><br />
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A very improvisational version by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bad_Plus">The Bad Plus</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXdNaHnYPX0ZmYmZqFVW0aeq&feature=bottomfeedr">(playlist)</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv2-MpPtqK0">Here is a nice mix of various covers</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg">Nirvana's original "Smell's Like Teen Spirit"</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733133413723355455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413543133796902336.post-31681050585131037462011-04-24T11:42:00.001-04:002011-05-09T00:17:18.203-04:00Covers of the Week - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams Sr.)I am not a big fan of country and western music. I don't dislike but I typically don't include it among normal listening. But there are exceptions especially when it comes to classic country blues like the next classic. I've always loved <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Williams_Sr.">Hank Williams Sr.</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXeDGWvFulbDexbdD2iGbJKm&feature=bottomfeedr">(playlist)</a> since I was a wee little boy and "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_So_Lonesome_I_Could_Cry">I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry</a>" is probably my favorite.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Junkies">Cowboy Junkies</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXc4BnVMPTjr1WjgT-BkAqi_&feature=bottomfeedr">(playlist)</a> bring their own melancholy style<br />
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I would not have thought of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Martin">Dino (Dean Martin)</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXcv43O18t-z06TgmbV5Dipa&feature=bottomfeedr">(playlist)</a> doing a Hank Williams number, but its awesome<br />
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Nice voice and a nice violin<br />
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The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raveonettes">Raveonettes</a> version<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis">Elvis</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXdUPaug2O1P8LOhfNKS9ljC&feature=bottomfeedr">(playlist)</a><br />
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Sweet voice, classic country<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Isaak">Chris Isaak</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXd_VduP7grSOiwGtxmenI1e&feature=bottomfeedr">(playlist)</a> gives his own vocal style<br />
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*new video much better version, might go away as things tend to do on youTube, other version is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x002cQPjO58">here</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733133413723355455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413543133796902336.post-34630694181579079772011-04-23T23:57:00.001-04:002011-04-23T23:57:56.016-04:00The Great Debate Debate<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In </span></span><a href="http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1273-the-long-debate-and-the-importance-of-engaging-with-believers-on-a-philosophical-level.html"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Long Debate and the Importance of Engaging with “Believers” on a Philosophical Level</span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> </span>on <a href="http://www.randi.org/site/">JREF</a> Matt Lowry talks about how his beliefs have changed over the years.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><blockquote><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the early days, I was often brash and overly dismissive of those who espoused various, for lack of a better term, woo-woo beliefs. Over time I came to realize that I wasn’t really engaging in good skepticism but instead overt cynicism: I was simply adhering to a position and everything which didn’t automatically agree with that position got dumped into the proverbial dustbin. I’ve spoken with a number of other skeptics who agree that this is how they used to behave as well; it was almost as if I was so proud of my newly acquired “skeptical badge” that I wanted to go around bashing everyone who didn’t think like me over the head with it.</span></span></span> </blockquote><blockquote><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now, from what I understand of human nature, we all do this sort of thing to a certain degree or another, but that fact doesn’t necessarily justify such behavior and it certainly doesn’t help to advance any sort of fruitful discussion. </span></span></span></blockquote><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0.17in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"></div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 0.17in;">Funny how our different experiences cause us to change in different ways and so what one person considers the natural progression through life, can be completely opposite to another persons experience. </span></span></span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 0.17in;">Case in point, when I was young I was a lot more willing to </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">accommodate and try to work within the beliefs of others in order to engage them. As I've gotten older I've become more cynical and much more dismissive and condescending of believers. My main reason for my current level of cynicism with </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">believers</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"> is the realization over time that it is completely futile trying to engage them on a </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">philosophical</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"> level and my efforts as a youth trying to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">accommodated</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"> and work within the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">beliefs</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"> of </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">believers</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"> was a significant waist of my time.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 0.17in;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial; line-height: 16px;">And that’s where we have to ask ourselves an important question: should skepticism be something which we only use to insulate ourselves from the varied nonsense beliefs out in the world, or should we utilize the tools of skepticism to engage with those who think differently from us & do not necessarily share our worldview? I think the answer is “a little bit of both” – most all skeptics already do the former by default, but many are skittish about the latter. I think it is vital for us to emphasize the engagement of, for lack of a better term, “believers” in what I like to refer to as the Long Debate.</span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Matt then gives 2 examples of </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Engaging with “Believers” on a Philosophical Level: </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">one a relative and the other a worker, and both of the engagements fail to accomplish anything. It might be </span>interesting<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> to ask what he thought he was going to get out of the engagements and what he thought might of been the outcome had he chosen not to engage but he just seems to imply that there was some goodness in it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">One thing missing in this article is the distinction between how we engage the public and how we engage on a personal level. The examples given are only the latter. I think most people including most young brash atheists, would agree that you can't be completely dismissive when working at a one on one level and indeed you need to be tactful and know your audiences to try to influence them. </span>Admittedly<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> how you figure out your audience and develop meaningful tactics for engaging people is a product of age and temperament, so our approach over the years is likely to change but that reflects little on the core </span>beliefs<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> themselves. Brashness and dismissive or even the desire to engage one on one are really just social attitudes and say nothing about ones fundamental beliefs like skepticism, atheism, or what ever.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">But I would argue that how we engage individuals is almost unrelated to how we see our relationship to groups</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">. While there is definitely a political need to engage groups of </span>believers<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> to identify common causes and interests especially as it relates to overcoming the more extreme and powerful among the </span>believers, I do not believe we gain anything by limiting our rhetoric to not offend believers. Reality is that those who we would offend are most likely those who see no problem offending us and usually never even realize it. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I have yet to find a group of </span>believers<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> that is </span>accommodating<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> to us non-believers. </span>Our rhetoric, even by the Gnus, is no more vile and dismissive than any of the group we may want to engage. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Moreover, o</span>ur own rhetoric (like everyone else's) even when addressing the arguments of believers is really intended for self consumption i.e. for other skeptics, atheists and non-believers and to limit it would do our community a complete disservice. <br />
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Lastly, Matt seems to have the notion that if you aren't among those engaging, you are isolating yourself. While I will admit (as I suspect many among the Gnu) there is a part of me that would rather not deal with non-believers. Our rhetoric is not born of an intension intention to push believers away. Our tone and the occupational ridicule, mockery, scorn and venom is merely our attempt to convey our thoughts and attitude in as honest, direct, and admittedly entertaining manner we can for our fellow non-believers. We merely seek to tell "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth" as we see it.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733133413723355455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413543133796902336.post-52913020875755190282011-04-18T00:46:00.003-04:002011-05-28T22:38:37.210-04:00My Random Meme of the Week #3<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 14px;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHS-JKzm69Y&feature=watch_response" style="color: #333399; text-decoration: none;">Have it read to you on youTube</a></i></span></span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do we anthropomorphize inherently?</span></i></b><br />
Have you ever noticed that everything "metaphysical" or "supernatural" ultimately is about we humans. Whether it be a an exaggeration of our abilities, a projection of ourselves as the cause for all things, or the insistence that everything is here to aid us. When we hear a strange noise, see something we don't understand, or feel something strange, it's just we humans in another form or human like beings (ghosts, spirits, angles, daemon sprite). When random events happen, good or bad, it must be because of some human like purpose or intent to reward or punish us (fates, destiny, Karma, luck) or because some human like being wanted it to happen (guardian angels, animal spirits, ancestors, demons, gods). When we look at our world an need to figure out how it works or how it got there, it can only be some super being with all the intelligence, purpose, emotions, and vanity of we humans that did it (God, universal consciousness, ). When we look into the heavens and play connect the dots, those pattern we imagine must have meaning and be meant for us humans (astrology). When some one dies, we know humans are indestructible and they are going to a better (or worse) place (heaven, hell, afterlife, Hates, Valhalla, nirvana,) or they will start a new (reincarnation). And it goes on and on. But Why?<br />
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In a <a href="http://simpleatheist.blogspot.com/2011/04/thought-of-week.html">past post</a>, I suggested that we do it because that is how we fill voids of our own ignorance. Namely when confronted with the unknown or unexplained, we anthropomorphize. My strongest evidence is that supernatural beliefs are truly universal across all ancient human societies and indeed the evidence of super natural practices (cave paintings, human burial, statues) is sometimes used as an indicator of "modern humans". The rejection of the supernatural in atheism, naturalism, and skepticism has only become a significant social movement in the past few centuries as science and an rational way of looking at the world has become the norm. Even though the roots of rejection of supernaturalism go back to mans earliest philosophical origins, it is really only recently that we see it creeping into the domain of the common man. But this fact leads us to wonder on the broader question of why do we fill our voids in knowledge with ourselves? Why do we always tend to anthropomorphize what we don't know? And I don't really know.<br />
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Some time ago, I remember reading that some scientists hypothesize that our intelligence evolved so that we can better interact in a social environment and figure out who's doing what to whom. If this is so, then it occurs to me, that it could be possible that our brains evolved the ability to recognize human like activity , much like we evolved the specialized ability to recognize faces even when they are not there. Do we instinctively see the world through a narcissistic filter? Is it that human social interaction is the default model for us to explain things? Does some part of us, inherently recognizes human traits like intelligence, purpose, intent, motive, emotion, consciousness, etc. in activities and environments regardless of whether it actually includes humans? If we do, which traits and how does it work? I think it would be very important to find out if we do inherently anthropomorphize. If it can determine if we do, could allow us to tease out some of how our mind works and shed a little light on the artifacts of our earliest ancestors. More significantly the answers to these kinds of questions could help us find out why we believe what we do and maybe ultimately be able to over come much of the woo that infest human society. I tend to think that these questions are answerable and that there are sufficiently imaginative researchers out there to take on such a challenge. Mind you, If there similar research underway or if this is an old concept already studied and discarded, I'd like to know.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733133413723355455noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413543133796902336.post-28598192853106261812011-04-17T05:21:00.001-04:002011-04-17T05:27:07.373-04:00Covers of the Week - Candy (Paulo Nutini)The problem with trying to find covers for relatively new songs is that they don't have time to be adapted to a variety of styles and genre. The covers you find tend to be a lot of acoustic and karaoke versions by fans trying to recreate a favorite song. There is nothing wrong with mimicking a great performance and many of them are very good, but from a listening to multiple covers point of view they get repetitive and admittedly I love a diversity of styles. But when you find a song with a lot of covers like todays cover, you quickly realize that this song is something special and the diversity of covers will come. I discovered <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Nutini">Paulo Nutini</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_(Paolo_Nutini_song)">Candy</a> while doing a generic search for "covers" on youTube and quickly fell in love with it. There are over a 100 covers and many of them are very good. The ones here are the ones I like the best and I hope you like them.<br />
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Stephanie deBruijn's was the first cover I found and love listening to it<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_and_the_Diamonds">Marina & The Diamonds</a> (that her stage name, not her band) puts a little of her own vocal style into it<br />
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An interesting thing about many of covers is that they try to out do the vocal style and roughness of Paulo himself... including the ladies<br />
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A nice fun version...ukes are always fun<br />
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A nice sweet version<br />
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Another one trying to out-Paulo Paulo<br />
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</div>NOTE: All my <i>Covers of the Week</i> are listed under the <a href="http://simpleatheist.blogspot.com/p/covers-of-week.html">Music tab</a>. It includes my planned covers for the next month. If you have any requests feel make a comment to this article or on the music tab.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733133413723355455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413543133796902336.post-31013452351907797282011-04-10T17:53:00.055-04:002011-04-11T01:49:21.863-04:00A Story of California Dreamin'<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOfrAuWduzo&feature=channel_video_title">Have it read to you on youTube</a></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I want to thank </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/uvurob">uvurob </a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> for his </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLf-TfDBWKs&lc=30OUc_mecQ04rhhEBB3brz92ByB0FMeKKTjsYrvkaAg&feature=inbox"> California Dreaming -- Acapella/Acoustic Mashup</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> video which is a nice arrangement of various (mostly acoustic) covers of the Mamas and the Papas' California Dreaming spliced into one song. Sometimes its funny what will reveal some inner truth about yourself and explain some of our quirkyness.</span><br />
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Well California Dreaming by the Mamas and Papas is one of my all time favorite songs. I have fond memories of walking to Jr. high school and high school in San Leandro, CA on many a cold, overcast, gloomy day and California Dreaming was my inner theme music. I felt one with the song as if it capture some quintessential part of me. <br />
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I really love the song in all its perfusion of versions and have more <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?p=59ECE0D26E2F112B">covers of California Dreaming</a> (15) than any other song in my "Covers all around me ()" playlists. The real unusual thing about this song is that I would have more but this is the only song where I deliberately eliminated certain covers because they change certain lyrics. More specifically they change "I pretend to pray" to "I began to pray". Normally I don't mind slight variations in lyrics and if they are novel enough or fit well within the overall style and emotion of a performance they are a plus. But if I try to listen to one of these versions, I find that once they get to "I began to pray", I almost reflexively stop it or go to another song. And what is really, really annoying about these versions they include some absolutely wonderful and unique covers like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKIrqC2QUvg">Jose Feleciano</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDhDeAzbGsE">Bobby Womack</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er64v5sxDgA">Eddie Hazel</a>, and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2ad8sa3Nrc">The FlashBulb</a>. I did sort of assume that it was just an atheist thing but I like too many songs with much more overtly religious/spiritual lyrics for that to fully explain it. For years now I have noticed that I do this but never gave it much thought.<br />
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Then the other day after listing to uvurob's video mashup a few times, I found myself trying to find all the versions on his video to determine if they all had the right lyrics. My original justification was that I was curious if uvurob used only the "correct" versions. This was turning out to not be an easy task because links to the versions were not supplied and I was having to go down the list of California Dreaming covers to find them. At some point while searching thru endless covers, I realized that my quest to determine if uvurob's video used the correct lyrics was more than a curiosity but actually would impact my opinion about the video even though it did not violate my inner rule. By the time I realized this, I had gone through more than 140 versions of the song.<br />
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So I asked myself what was I doing or more importantly why was I doing it? To answer my question, I started trying to remember what was going through my head back in my youth when I remember the song so vividly. All I can remember is the feeling of oneness with the song. Mind you this was not a single event but happened periodically when the weather was cold and overcast from 7th grade thru most of high school and at the time I blamed it mostly on the weather. What I now suspect, is that the lyrics touched me much deeper than I ever knew.<br />
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A little background. To my knowledge I have never believed in god or any religious myths, even though I was raised a Roman Catholic. My disbelief was not due to any seen deficiencies or contradictions in the churches teachings, the influence of some person I admired, or some trauma that turned me away from it; I just never believed any of it was true. In fact my earliest memory on the subject is that in second grade I remember thinking "God is like Superman; good but not real". I don't remember having any animosity towards the church and participated in many of the church functions to include periodic mass, Sunday school and teen events. I did like many of the social functions and the music in folk mass was cool. I do remember in Sunday school thinking that studying the stories in the bible was a waist of time and that these guys are fooling themselves but I never really questioned it in class or talked about it to anyone. About the time I started high school going to church did begin to bother me and when I was a sophomore I came out of the closet, although be it mostly so I could sleep in on Sundays. Up until college I don't remember actually knowing anyone who called themselves an Atheist or even having any meaningful conversation about my beliefs. For me at the time, it was always just a given that I didn't believe any of what others believe. But I due remember feeling very isolated and alone. <br />
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I can't say for sure but based on my current behavior anomalies and my emotional state at the time, I suspect that the lyrics</span><br />
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<blockquote>I stopped into a Church<br />
I passed along the way<br />
I got down on my knees<br />
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had captured some aspect of my life in a very real way to me. I now wonder if through the song I realized that I was not alone in my pretending my way through life. Or maybe it was just that it gave me something to identify with myself. Regardless I do feel that my inability to enjoy some versions of the song probably stems from that period in my life.<br />
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So does my figuring out why I can't enjoy some versions of California Dreaming mean I will be able to now despite their "incorrect" lyrics? How about adding them to my playlist? Not right now but given time and my love for many of those versions, I might be able to at some point.<br />
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Related: <a href="http://simpleatheist.blogspot.com/2011/04/covers-of-week-california-dreaming.html">Covers of the Week - California Dreaming (Mamas & Papas)</a><span style="font-size: small;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are some excellent covers starting off with Dana Owens' (Queen Latifah) absolutely awesome version:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And a most rockin' version by the John Mayer Trio</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The "Classic Rock" sound of the Carpenters </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beautiful choral style of Scala and Kolancy Brothers</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A little course but almost sweet</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beach boys</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A nice disco version by Royal Gigolos</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brazilian bossa nova and jazz singer-Rosa Marya Colin </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The rest of the covers in my playlist:</span><br />
<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13px;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVm-pTiyC48" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0033cc; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Hi-STANDARD - California Dreamin'</a></span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMm1X2sBJVk%22"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wes Montgomery "California Dreaming" (1966)</span></a></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13px;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO1ULVBE1mM" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0033cc; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">California Dreaming, (Thursdelight)</a></span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6tjyDE0Irc"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">George Benson California Dreamin'</span></a></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13px;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD9HuTWUFqA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0033cc; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Michael Chapdelaine: California Dreaming Live TV Performance</a></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13px;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7t66QbDCGI" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0033cc; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Johnny Rivers - California Dreaming - France</a></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13px;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy5UiFQBwic" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0033cc; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Stillbruch - California Dreamin'</a></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDhDeAzbGsE">Bobby Womack</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er64v5sxDgA">Eddie Hazel</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2ad8sa3Nrc">The FlashBulb</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2JaVHZ7fmE">Neil Byrne</a></span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the original<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN3GbF9Bx6E"> Mamas and Papas Version</a></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733133413723355455noreply@blogger.com2