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Johnny commented on Josh Gough's group 'Carl Sagan Fans'

Here is a study from University of British Columbia on Atheism and Trust: Do You Believe In Atheists? Trust And Anti-Atheist Prejudice https://circle.ubc.ca/dspace/bitstream/2429/1549/1/ubc_2008_fall_gervais_will.pdf Looks like it is the classic…

Oct 20, 2009

Johnny replied to animus's discussion 'Where do Gay Atheists go when they want to VENT?' in the group The OUT Campaign

The Internet is our (atheist) god! :-)

Oct 20, 2009

Johnny replied to JayBarti's discussion 'Stuff you find in your bill of rights.' in the group Canadian Atheists on Nexus

I was recently rereading the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and right smack at the top is this drivel: "Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law". (Well the god part is…

Oct 14, 2009

Stephan replied to Johnny's discussion 'Theory of Evolution derives from Second Law of Thermodynamics ?' in the group Atheists who love Science!

In this particular case, at least, it worked without the periods (SB said to leave them out immediately following the code, above). Being clueless in this area, I was certain to read very carefully! :)

Oct 13, 2009

Stephan replied to Johnny's discussion 'Theory of Evolution derives from Second Law of Thermodynamics ?' in the group Atheists who love Science!

Giving it a try.

Oct 11, 2009

Stephan replied to Johnny's discussion 'Theory of Evolution derives from Second Law of Thermodynamics ?' in the group Atheists who love Science!

There's also a short piece titled: Life as an Agent of Energy Dispersal written by Scott D. Sampson that appears in the book What Is Your Dangerous Idea?. For what my humble opinion is worth, I found the whole book very stimulating. (Wish I…

Oct 11, 2009

The Secular One replied to Johnny's discussion 'Absolute morality based in self-healing self-organizing systems' in the group Atheist Morality

So, for this argument, let us boil morality down to the kernel of the selfless-selfish distinction. (If you do not agree, please respond.) Are you trying to say that selfless equates to moral and that selfish equates to immoral? If so, I…

Oct 8, 2009

OutlawGirl replied to Johnny's discussion 'Theory of Evolution derives from Second Law of Thermodynamics ?' in the group Atheists who love Science!

I always saw life as a mechanism that attempts to create order out of entropy. ATP, the energy of the cell, is created by breaking down complex molecules and using the energy from that process to construct new molecules, which are in turn broken…

Oct 6, 2009

Johnny commented on Sylvain Duford's group 'Environmental Atheists'

I think natural gas (and biofuel for that matter) are at best transitory sources of energy. Ultimately, it will have to be geo-thermal, wind, solar, low-impact hydro.

Sep 30, 2009

Johnny replied to Eric Tawney's discussion 'The 'ah Ha' moment; When was yours?' in the group Richard Dawkins

My skepticism started in earnest when I took a required "World Religions" class (ironically at an all-boys Catholic separate school) in grade 9 or 10. I figured they all could not be right, so none of them were right. During high school…

Sep 29, 2009

Max Polun replied to Johnny's discussion 'Theory of Evolution derives from Second Law of Thermodynamics ?' in the group Atheists who love Science!

Yeah, one interesting somewhat-related idea that I've heard is that some structures (for example some types of crystals) tend to form because they increase entropy most quickly globally (even if they decrease it locally), and that life may be…

Sep 28, 2009

Johnny replied to Aiden's discussion 'Google to bring rare books to paperback' in the group Nexus Book Club

Also, Google can improve book searchability and printability with its new acquisition of reCAPTCHA. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/teaching-computers-to-read-google.html

Sep 28, 2009

Jaume replied to Johnny's discussion 'Theory of Evolution derives from Second Law of Thermodynamics ?' in the group Atheists who love Science!

I have suspected that life is really "just" negative entropy (negentropy, syntropy). It could be seen that way, but only if you don't take into account the energy input necessary to sustain life. No living organism is a closed…

Sep 27, 2009

Theory of Evolution == Second Law of Thermodynamics ?

I have suspected that life is really "just" negative entropy (negentropy, syntropy). The Theory of Evolution is supported by the Second Law of Thermodynamics, but apparently the Theory might even be derivable directly from the Law!"...the process of natural selection responsible for such local increase in order may be mathematically derived from the expression of the second law equation for non-equilibrium connected open systems, arguably making the Theory of Evolution itself an expression of…See More

Johnny added a discussion to the group Atheists who love Science! Sep 27, 2009

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Johnny replied to Don's discussion 'The Last Great Adventure' in the group ORIGINS: UNIVERSE, LIFE, HUMANKIND, AND DARWIN

Dude... take a chill-pill, you sound like an teenager having a tantrum. Let's be adults here, take the higher ground, and debate the issues.

Sep 27, 2009

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About Me: Male, straight. Recovering Roman Catholic (old-school German version no less). Took 25+ years to finally break free and become an atheist, through negative religious experiences, gradual self-reflection, and rationalization. I suspect my degree in Math/Computer Science had something to add. I am very happy to have found a site of free-thinkers, that is also open to free-speakers.

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School/College/University: University of Waterloo

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Age Group: 31-40

City and State (For Member Searching): Vancouver, BC

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At 1:43am on August 8, 2009, Johnny said…: Thank-you! Been searching for somewhere to speak openly about my belief-system - free-speaking if you will.

At 5:27pm on July 18, 2009, Dr. Terence Meaden said…: Welcome to Atheist Nexus and to "Origins". You have at once all the freethinking people here as your good friends.