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Last login: 13 days agoNeuralgourmet: Leo is a 41 year old guy in a relationship from Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA.; Likes 534 pages, 5 videos, 28 photos • 3 fans; Member since Apr 27, 2006

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Free membership to the American Humanist Association | Neural Gourmet: Aug 5, 9:03pm 1 review atheist, free, humanist, membership, american-humanist-association •http://neuralgourmet.com/2008/08/05/f...; This is very cool. The American Humanist Association is offering a free on-line membership.

About perchlorate on Mars | Neural Gourmet: Aug 5, 8:29pm 1 review science, space, nasa, phoenix-mars-lander •http://neuralgourmet.com/2008/08/05/a...; Audio of today's media teleconference about perchlorate on Mars and a brief summary.

Senator Ted Stevens indicted | Neural Gourmet: Jul 29, 1:04pm 1 review politics, net-neutrality, tubes, ted-stevens, series-of-tubes •http://neuralgourmet.com/2008/07/29/s...; I'm not quite sure if this counts as schadenfreude or not, but the famously technologically challenged Senator Ted Stevens has been indicted on seven counts of making false statements on financial disclosure forms. Stevens publicly displayed his ignorance of the operation of the internet in June 26, 2006 comments advocating against net neutrality.

An interview with the Phoenix Mars Lander (Part II) | Neural Gourmet: Jul 28, 7:16am 1 review science, space, nasa, phoenix, phoenix-mars-lander •http://neuralgourmet.com/2008/07/28/p...; The second half of Neural Gourmet's exclusive interview with the Phoenix Mars lander.

An interview with the Phoenix Mars Lander (Part I) | Neural Gourmet: Jul 27, 9:37am 1 review science, space, nasa, interview, phoenix-mars-lander •http://neuralgourmet.com/2008/07/27/p...; It's really amazing who, and what, you'll run across on the social networking site Facebook these days. For instance, a couple of months ago I became friends with the Phoenix Mars Lander. ...we decided it would be great fun for both of us if Phoenix did an interview for Neural Gourmet. We spent the next few weeks, when Phoenix got to take a break from her work on Mars, talking about herself, working on Mars, and the important science she is doing.

Robert M. Price phone interview | Neural Gourmet: Jul 25, 4:54pm 1 review celebrities, mysticism, the-secret, robert-m-price •http://neuralgourmet.com/2008/07/25/r...; Jake Doelling from Freethought Fort Wayne's The Enlightenment Show interviews biblical scholar and acclaimed author Robert M. Price. In this special annotated audio episode, Price talks about his new book Top Secret: The Truth Behind Today's Pop Mysticisms. Extremely critical of the various pop mysticisms touted by Oprah and other celebrities such as Rhonda Byrne (The Secret) or Deepak Chopra, Price puts them in historical perspective and even has some kind words to say about Eckhart Tolle (The Power of Now).

Ignorance is nonpartisan | Neural Gourmet: Jul 25, 3:42pm 1 review evolution, politics, intelligent-design, ignorance, gallup •http://neuralgourmet.com/2008/06/29/i...; Some dismal findings from a recent Gallup poll on human origins beliefs.

What's the harm? | Neural Gourmet: Jul 25, 3:39pm 1 review paranormal, psychology, psychic, ontario, colleen-leduc •http://neuralgourmet.com/2008/06/22/w...; One of the common refrains heard when someone is challenged on their paranormal or supernatural beliefs is, "What's the harm?" After all, if someone believes their grandfather's ghost gave them solace during a crisis or that the tarot-reading neighbor is able to offer them some slight advantage in navigating life's choices, who is harmed? ... So why burst their bubble?

Republican Oklahoma County Roads Commissioner's comic book | Neural Gourm…: Jul 25, 11:14am 1 review politics, oklahoma, bigotry, comic-book, brent-rinehart •http://neuralgourmet.com/2008/07/25/r...; Fresh from the You Can't Make This Shit Up Department, Allen at The Whited Sepulchre pointed out that Oklahoma County Roads Commissioner Brent Rinehart has employed a novel technique in his bid for reelection. He sent out comic books.

Did the American Physical Society reverse its stance on global warming? | Neur…: Jul 21, 7:46pm 1 review science, climate-change, conspiracy-theory, bad-science, aps •http://neuralgourmet.com/2008/07/20/a...; The right wing blogosphere has been all atwitter the past couple of days over a blog post by Michael Asher at DailyTech alleging that the American Physical Society (APS) had reversed its previous position that human activity was fueling global warming. If that were true we should all sit up and take notice, except that's not what really happened.

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