Daily Awe courtesy of Fiesole and the San Romolo cathedral. Roads around here are very narrow, lots of one-ways, close proximity to sides of passing cars. Not ideal for cycling…

In terms of evoking awe, religious art and architecture know what works to move the mind’s emotions…

Arno River, Florence Italy

I finally got to talk to someone defending the movement of antiracism, the belief in systemic racism, the BLM movement, America's original sin, etc. Tricia Rose was a fabulous guest, thoughtful, and patient with my probing and prodding.
Appreciation...
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Today on my podcast: Brown University professor and author of 'Metaracism' Tricia Rose says Coleman Hughes is wrong, systemic racism is very much real in 2024, and we can't claim to be colorblind if we are to adequately address it.

Do you agree or disagree?

We also discuss: the

Korean bookstores have a dedicated display for Skeptic (and they sell each issue until it’s sold out, they don’t shred them like in the US)! They also have the English edition—very prominently displayed. So cool. Photos from Seoul.
South Korea that is.
North Korea? When pigs fly.

Daily Awe courtesy of United Airlines SBA to DEN

'If 3 public figures in fashion and music had been outed for being gender critical or opposing DEI, it would have been career ending. Endorsing a call to kill all Jews, no problem. Jews don't count.'
Sadly true and in 2024 America, not 1930's Germany. Who would have imagined it?

Dear Tucker Carlson
You are free to ask if there is a link between vaccines and autism until the cows come home.
The answer has been the same for over 20 years:
There is no link whatsoever.
This is the most debunked claim in the history of vaccines.
Why will you not accept it?

RIP Morgan Spurlock
I enjoyed his films & spent a day with him at my office filming a doc on New Age FlimFlam.
Nice guy.
Good sense of humor.
Didn't take himself seriously.
Poked & prodded people to think.
Even his TED talk was a send up of TED talks:
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The NASA of the 1960s could have figured out how to do this if they put their minds to it.
The NASA of today couldn't do this in a century.
It's not just money and brain power. It is also the will to accomplish what one sets out to do.
Thank you for the inspiration Elon Musk

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Great convo with Peter Boghossian one of the best conversationalists around. We talk about truth + what it means to 'believe' something (empirical beliefs vs. religious/political beliefs) + substitution hypothesis (wokeism/Trumpism are religions that substitute for old religions)