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About me - Currie Jean

I write a lot for the A&A channel, as well as at Constant Content. I also organize Helium's official Atheism and Agnosticism Zone. Links are available at right (and down a little).

In my high school years, I won a county-wide contest, and wrote and proofread

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Religion & Spirituality > Ghosts & Paranormal Phenomena Are crop circles evidence of UFOs?: 1 of 19
Crop circles fascinate the curious. They're weird, they're eye-catching, and they defy immediate explanation. Upon looking more closely, however, it becomes obvious that these huge patterns, usually geometric and appearing in fields without the permission of presiding farmers, are actually less than meets the eye. Crop circle... More..
Style & Beauty > Personal Grooming How to eliminate body odor: 1 of 18
Body odor is caused not by sweat itself, but the on-body bacteria that feed on it. Not a pleasant thought, but a necessary evil: all humans host a practical zoo of microorganisms. Some people have more of the sweat-feeding organisms than others, and this can lead to really bad body odor once those organisms expel waste produc... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Heaven, Hell & Afterlife Is Hell a real place or a metaphor to deter evil-doers?: 6 of 105
Is hell like the bowels of a dungeon, brimming with medieval torture devices like the iron maiden, thumbscrews, and stretchers? Is it bloody? Do people repeatedly regrow their limbs, only to have them crushed or torn off again and again?Does hell have many levels that gradually get more terrifying and awful the further one go... More..
Hobbies & Games > Video Game Reviews Downloadable game reviews: Dairy Dash: 1 of 17
Expect to emerge from a few rounds of Dairy Dash with a satisfying case of dry eye: while the game is slow and easy to learn at first, it soon picks up, demanding unblinking attention and top rate mouse accuracy. It's the player's job to fill produce orders and tend crops like pumpkins, corn and tomatoes, as well as feed and ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Atheism & Agnosticism How technology promotes atheism and agnosticism: 1 of 16
You are a veteran from the Iraq war. You lost a leg, from the knee down, in an IED altercation. Some robotics engineers at your local University are working on a very special project: advanced prosthetics which would allow amputees to walk without canes or crutches, and maybe even run and jump. The best part? In exchange for ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Art Appreciation Abstract painting explained: 1 of 16
Abstract art is phenomenally difficult to fully understand. This same property is alluring to some, and rejected by others. Several times in recent years, young children under the age of ten have created nice, but unremarkable, abstract paintings - and their parents have marketed them as professional abstract art. The paintin... More..
Business > Advertising Do ads that use sex to sell their products degrade women?: 3 of 47
Yes, advertisers use sex to sell their products. However, I can't see how this degrades women.This article title appears to be implying that sex itself degrades women, which is a completely preposterous claim. The assumption that women (but not men) are degraded by sexuality is degrading and sexist itself.The very suggestion ... More..
Relationships & Family > Dating Commentary Common dating issues and how to solve them: 1 of 15
Forming close relationships through dating is made no easier by how badly we want things to work out. Compatibility is a hard thing to find in another, and even then, no match is perfect - which is where compromise comes in, and that can be even harder to manage. What follow are the top five most common dating problems, with ... More..
Computers & Technology > Internet Issues Internet pornography and the need for increased censorship: 1 of 15
In order to support the conviction that censorship is needed, one must be able to show how the information in question - that which is to be censored - does harm by imposing upon the rights of others.This is why it's so often so difficult to rationally support censorship: the sharing of information is very rarely something th... More..
Health & Fitness > Alternative Therapies Alternative medicine explained: 1 of 14
Alternative medicine is not merely different from mainstream medicine, it is inferior to mainstream medicine. It is medicine which has not been shown to work under scientific scrutiny, either by being proven ineffective, or by remaining untested. Most popular alternative therapies fall into the first category: they have been ... More..