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		<title>In Case You Wondered&#8230;</title>
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I&#8217;m alive and well, and while I&#8217;d like to say I&#8217;ve been too busy to blog, the truth is that I&#8217;ve been sidetracked with a heavy dose of existential angst / ennui and some fairly heavy depression.
What is the meaning of life? Why are we here? Why am I here? These are the age-old questions [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://40yearoldatheist.com/in-case-you-wondered/2010/03/</link>
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		<title>Recently Read Books</title>
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Recently Read





















    Mark Iocchelli&#8217;s favorite books &#187;
  Share book reviews and ratings with Mark, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Links For Edmonton Atheists &amp; Skeptics</title>
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A fellow atheist from Edmonton asked me if I knew of any upcoming atheism related events. Being as unorganized as I have been, I had nothing to offer at the time. However, I&#8217;ve fully embraced Google Calendar as my time management tool of choice and now feel better equipped to point Edmonton atheists/skeptics in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://40yearoldatheist.com/links-for-edmonton-atheists-skeptics/2010/02/</link>
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		<title>The Dunning–Kruger Effect aka Confirmation Bias on Steriods aka Creationists aka People Who Watch Fox News</title>
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In my Does Religious Faith Instill Hatred &#38; Distrust of Science post I mentioned confirmation bias &#8211; a person&#8217;s tendency to recognize evidence that supports their position, while ignoring and/or downplaying that which opposes their position.
According to the Dunning–Kruger effect, some poor unfortunates suffer from something far more severe.
Apparently, they are dumb + they are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://40yearoldatheist.com/the-dunning%e2%80%93kruger-effect-aka-confirmation-bias-on-steriods-aka-creationists-aka-people-who-watch-fox-news/2009/12/</link>
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		<title>Godless ≠ Without Morals</title>
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I sometimes get emails. The latest one is from a Christian who shared his opinion (a tired old claim) that, without his god, there is no morality.
As if that weren&#8217;t enough to get the last hair on my head standing up, last night I watched Dinesh D&#8217;Souza make the audacious claim that all of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://40yearoldatheist.com/godless-morals/2009/12/</link>
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		<title>Attempts@Rational Behavior Is Good For Your Health</title>
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I often have a sore neck. The Doc says I need to do more neck exercises so I&#8217;m visiting Attempts at Rational Behavior more than I used to. What does AARB do? They provide highlights of the weird shit religious people say on Twitter (and elsewhere, but mostly on Twitter).
The incredulous &#8220;no, no no&#8221; side-to-side [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://40yearoldatheist.com/attemptsrational-behavior-is-good-for-your-health/2009/11/</link>
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		<title>Does Religious Faith Instill Hatred &amp; Distrust of Science?</title>
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I have a friend who I&#8217;m finding myself disagreeing with more and more lately. This person is intelligent and generally makes a lot of sense &#8211; even when we have ideological disagreements (such as on political matters).

But lately, the disagreements have baffled and troubled me as I&#8217;ve put pieces of the puzzle together to realize [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://40yearoldatheist.com/does-religious-faith-instill-hatred-distrust-of-science/2009/11/</link>
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		<title>Oprah Woo-Woo Is About To Grow Exponentially</title>
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Well, the Queen of Talk has announced that she&#8217;ll be retiring her long-standing talk show. Seems reasonable. After all, she&#8217;s worked tirelessly on building her empire for almost 25 years and probably could use some down time. But &#8230;hang on just a second. Did I read the article right?
&#8220;After her broadcast talk show winds down, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://40yearoldatheist.com/oprah-woo-woo-is-about-to-grow-exponentially/2009/11/</link>
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		<title>Hiding in Plain Sight</title>
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I&#8217;ve had a few friends find this place, expressing surprise that I&#8217;m an atheist and that I&#8217;m &#8220;secretly&#8221; blogging about it. It got me thinking there may be others who&#8217;ve been lurking here and wondering about the same things.
For the answer to the first question, I&#8217;d ask you to read the &#8220;about&#8221; stuff in the top [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://40yearoldatheist.com/hiding-in-plain-site/2009/11/</link>
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		<title>Stupid Google Search</title>
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I am not kidding &#8211; someone came to this blog by searching for does Richard Dawkins believe in God?
Someone&#8217;s obviously just returned from being cast away on a remote island.
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		<link>http://40yearoldatheist.com/stupid-google-search/2009/11/</link>
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