SynapticNulship

Although atheism is not the main theme of this blog, I figured other atheists might enjoy it.  So I joined the Atheist Blogroll (quote from Mojoey):

The Atheist blogroll is a community building service provided free of charge to Atheist bloggers from around the world. If you would like to join, visit Mojoey at Deep Thoughts for more information.

(Photo credit: Henrik Schröder, CC Attribution 2.0 Generic)

Also, I just stumbled upon this weird group on Facebook called “Tangoists.” They are atheists that have apparently replaced the ritualistic aspects of religion with Argentine tango.  The full description also mentions the needs of consolation and sensuality (I wonder, were people getting a lot of sensuality out of religion?) :

Tangoism – world view (Weltanschauung) based on scientific atheism with meeting the need for ritual, consolation and sensuality by means of argentine tango. Tangoism followers (tangoists) usually have their own conception of tangoism, however.

This weekend I attended the H+ (transhumanist) Summit at Harvard University (live streamed videos here).

We were invited to blog about it on Scientific Blogging which added a special tab for H+ and a category for the theme of the conference, which was Rise of the Citizen Scientist.

So I made a new blog there, In the Eye of the Brainstorm, so far with two three posts related to transhumanism and/or the conference itself:

Kurzweil’s Phenomenological Consciousness

Cat Usability Testing (Wolfram’s Predictions)

Pirate Evolution

Note that SynapticNulship (this site) is still my main blog for artificial intelligence and interaction design writings.

Note for those interested in presentation skills: The most lively talk was by Seth Lloyd.  Interestingly, he did not use a computer.