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Me Caveman Diet Good! as if as a caveman thinks thin, fit, lean, trim and healthy

AwenMan | April 30, 2010

   For a long time now I have been plateauing at above my ideal weight and not been able to successfully do much about it. That is why I very recently read with interest about a Paleo diet that has also been called the Paleolithic Diet, Paleodiet. Caveman Diet, Neaderthin, Pre-agricultural Diet, Stone Age Diet, [...]

Crap on the BBC Masquerading as Science

AwenMan | April 24, 2010

   Last year I wrote a bog mentioning the British BBC “Brain Test Britain” effort by the BBC science programme Bang Goes the Theory that set out to see if brain training programs worked. There are many such programs on the market including Nintendo’s ubiquitous Brain Age. I said at the time that if they [...]

Why Are Theists Bigoted Atheists?

AwenMan | April 6, 2010

   Chris Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the New York Times, in a recent book entitled “I Don’t Believe In Atheists” makes the case that many atheists are not much different then radical fundamentalist theists. He says that those who argue strongest for atheism create idols in their own image. An astute observation but [...]