Our Regrets Change Over Time
Ask someone what they should have done differently last week, and they'll tell you they wish they'd worked harder instead of goofing off. Ask someone what they should have done differently five years ago, and they'll tell you they wish they'd worked less and enjoyed life more.

  Aaron Diaz on the bizarre dominance of the superhero genre in American comics

  Is Death Bad for You?
"Yet if death is bad for me, when is it bad for me? Not now. I’m not dead now. What about when I’m dead? But then, I won’t exist.
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For if nonexistence can be bad for somebody even though that person doesn’t exist, then nonexistence could be bad for somebody who never exists. Let’s call him Larry. If we give up on the existence requirement, we no longer have any grounds for withholding our sympathy from Larry. I’ve got it bad. I’m going to die. But Larry’s got it worse: He never gets any life at all.
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Suppose that [death] can be bad for you only if you exist at some time or another. Suppose that somebody's got a nice long life. He lives 90 years. Now, imagine that, instead, he lives only 50 years. That's clearly worse for him. Imagine he dies after one year. That's worse still. An hour? Worse still. Finally, imagine I bring it about that he never exists at all. Oh, that's fine. Now we haven't done anything objectionable."

  Welcome to Life: the singularity, ruined by lawyers

  Conservative US think tank Heartland Institute compares belief in global warming to mass murder
Heartland Institute: "The people who still believe in man-made global warming are mostly on the radical fringe of society. This is why the most prominent advocates of global warming aren't scientists. They are murderers, tyrants, and madmen."

  Videos on Evolution, Creationism, Atheism
"Below is a large collection of links to videos created by the YouTube community that will provide you with an excellent foundation for countering creationist claims."

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