Mushroom intelligence

Forget rhizomes... start thinking through fungi. Mushroom guru Paul Stamets covers a lot of ground in this Ted talk and gives us plenty of food for thought (or should that be decaying matter for mycelium growth) in thinking through the philosophical implications of a fungal becoming.

Militant atheists

Yes these guys are a bit of a bore... or so I thought until I saw the following talks by two of the leaders of the atheist orthodoxy. These guys are actually very engaging. In this TED talk Richard Dawkins argues that science is much weirder than anything religion can come up with. Look out for his tips on training children to understand quantum phenomena.



Continuing with the atheist fundamentalism Christopher Hitchens discusses his book "God is not Great: Religion Poisons Everything". His views are oddly compatible with the author mentioned in the previous post.