New Science and Reason DJ Set

So after spending most of the year getting settled into my new job I finally found some time to record a new set. Please enjoy.

Science and Reason – September 2011 Mix
Download:

http://scienceandreason.com/mixed_sets/scienceandreason/scienceandreason_sept2011.mp3

Tracklist:
01 – Absence of Essence – Redneck Robotics (Beats Tool)
02 – Stephan Bodzin – Miranda (Oliver Huntemann Remix)
03 – David Young – Tiger Forest (Ryan Davis Rework)
04 – Jorg Murcus – Onvya (Sezer Uysel Remix)
05 – Patlac – Twilight
06 – Underworld – Bird 1 (Mark Bloom Dub 3)
07 – Eelke Kleijn – Doordrammer
08 – Paperclip People – 4 My People (Dubfire Rework)
09 – Monaque – ID (Luis Junior Remix)
10 – Baboop – Bottle
11 – Ian O’Donovan – Aurora Borealis (Henry Saiz 70s Remix)
12 – Eelke Kleijn – Papillon
13 – Mono Electric Orchestra – Indifference (Henry Saiz Quetzalli Rework)
14 – James Holden – Nothing (Ditto Remix)
15 – Ryan Davis – Eclipse (Groj Remix)
16 – Kate Bush – This Woman’s Work (Jaap Lightart Bootleg)
17 – Oleg Nych – Last Epic End (Franzis-D Remix)
18 – Bent vs Radiohead vs Apparat – Welly Top Sayulita (Lank Bootleg)
19 – Sasha – Xpander (Max Cooper Remix)

More sets available at www.scienceandreason.com

NonStampCollector on Objective Morality vs. Christianity

This guy is rapidly becoming one of my favorite youTube users.

WTF with Marc Maron featuring Dave Foley

My brothers just visited me and shared a podcast a great podcast with me – WTF with Mark Maron. Here is a great episode featuring Dave Foley from the “Kids in the Hall” and “News Radio”. If you’re a fan of either (or both as I am) you will really enjoy this.

Link: WTF Episode 146 – Dave Foley

Prisecolinensinenciousol

I’ve been trying to learn a second language over the past year so when I came across this video I was quite intrigued. According to the youtube “crotch bar”, or whatever the kids have taken to calling it lately, the song titled “Prisecolinensinenciousol” was created by Adriano Celentano for the Italian TV program Mileluci. It’s supposedly designed to be complete gibberish but gibberish that sounds just like American English. The song is kind of catchy too so I’ve ripped a copy to my ipod.

A Doctor Who Time Line

I found this time line map of the new series of Doctor Who running from Christopher Eccleson up to the current episodes with Matt Smith. Since Steven Moffat seems to be playing a bit more with crossing time lines I imagine this sort of thing will become more common.

Random image of the day

A couple of reasons why Homeopathy is crap

Here is another in a long list of reasons why Homeopathy is complete crap.

I also rather like Matt Kirshen’s take on the whole thing.

Science and Reason October 2010 Promo

We just finished the October 2010 promo. And in related news, we also got scienceandreason.com back up and running so take a minute to pop over and check it out.

Science and Reason October 2010 Promo
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01. Florian Meindl – The Theorem (Mexican Edit)
02. Digital Mess – Plastic Car
03. Quivver – Orgazoid (Mix 1)
04. Wehbba – Mammut
05. Charles Lima & Laeli Meyer – Sabado
06. Oliver Morgenroth – UBER Menschmaschine
07. Cid Inc & Lank – Coronal Mass (Luis Junior Remix)
08. Maxime Miville – Don’t Ask
09. Maxime Miville – Don’t Tell

I am now apart of “Project Steve”

Yesterday I officially joined NCSE’s “Project Steve” which is collection of scientists named Steve (or it’s variants) who support the following statement:

Evolution is a vital, well-supported, unifying principle of the biological sciences, and the scientific evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of the idea that all living things share a common ancestry. Although there are legitimate debates about the patterns and processes of evolution, there is no serious scientific doubt that evolution occurred or that natural selection is a major mechanism in its occurrence. It is scientifically inappropriate and pedagogically irresponsible for creationist pseudoscience, including but not limited to “intelligent design,” to be introduced into the science curricula of our nation’s public schools.

The project was started as a tongue and check response to the various creationist lists and petitions such as the “101 scientists who reject natural selection” and so forth. The intent of Project Steve is to show that while creationists might be able to find groups of scientists and engineers who reject evolution, there are tens to hundreds of times as many scientists who accept it. More details on the project can be found here.

Finally, for those of you interested, here is a great video by youTube user DonExodus2 where one of these creationist lists is scrutinized in some detail and shown to be more than a little dishonest.

Musing about Stardust

I found this today while waiting for some code to run. It’s a quote from physicist Lawrence Krauss .