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I am a sophomore undergraduate at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. I am of undecided major, but currently considering cognitive science, medical ethics, and secondary education.

I am the author of two books, one self-published and the other currently seeking

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Religion & Spirituality > Religion & Spirituality (Other) Should one's faith influence a citizen's vote?: 143 of 308
This may seem strange, coming from an atheist; you might think that I'd say you should never let faith influence anything at all, keep religion in a box and never let it out to see the sun.Far from this, I say that one's religious beliefs-one's carefully-considered, empirically-tested, rationally-defensible religious beliefs-... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Self-Awareness & Realization Finding meaning in your life: 23 of 48
Look around you!Meaning is not something handed down like manna from the sky; it is something sought after, developed, fought for. It is hidden in the tiny nooks where people fear to look, scared that they might learn something that shatters their fragile and small-minded worldview.Meaning is in goodnight kisses, bear hugs, a... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Ghosts & Paranormal Phenomena Do Ouija boards really work?: 31 of 63
Of course Ouija boards don't work. There is absolutely no way they *could* work, without the dead having mysterious powers that violate a wide variety of principles of physics , medicine, and biology-and therefore asserting that Ouija boards work is tantamount to asserting that everything done in these sciences in the last 20... More..
Sciences > Archaeology Theories on the evolution of the primate order: 1 of 2
The evolution of primates is one of the best-documented processes in all of the historical sciences. Better than the evolution of land mammals to whales (and in the form of Ambulocetus natans we have a fossil screaming "transitional form!" so loud one's eardrums are shattered), better than even the organization of society in ... More..
Sciences > Mathematics Measuring logarithmic values: 1 of 2
Logarithms have far-reaching applications; at first glance, they seem like a mathematical curiosity-a way to integrate certain functions, the inverse operation for exponentiation-but in fact they are far more.The power of logarithms comes in their ability to convert multiplication into addition. Many things in nature are mult... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Could domain names change politics?: 1 of 2
The Internet is an absolutely unprecedented medium of information. We have only begun to tap its virtually limitless potential to inform-and misinform.What revealed the Abu Ghraib tortures to the world? The Internet. Where are casualty counts for the Iraq War available for anyone to see? The Internet. If that's not influencin... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Military (Other) Should we increase the size of our military?: 14 of 27
The United States military is among the largest, wealthiest, and most high-tech fighting forces in the world. We have more Marine Reservists than most countries have soldiers. Our navy is large enough to overpower the naval forces of every other nation in the world-COMBINED. We spend more money on arms and arms technology tha... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Thoughts on God Is the Devil entirely an enemy of God?: 12 of 23
Not if God is omnipotent and omniscient!An omnipotent (all-powerful) and omniscient (all-knowing) God, by his very definition, is capable of locating and defeating any imaginable adversary. If Satan exists, and God has these properties, then it could only be because God willingly permits Satan to exist-meaning they are not me... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Should the US continue to detain suspected terrorists without charging them with specific crimes?: 8 of 15
Human beings have a right to fair trial. They have a right to, when accused, be given specific charges and the opportunity to answer those charges with adequate legal counsel. These are basic civil liberties, one that no free nation should even consider abandoning.Terrorism is horrible, and it is frightening; terrorists shoul... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Thoughts on God Does God exist?: 57 of 105
No, God does not exist.At least, no God worth calling that exists. Sure, you can say "God is love," or "God is an abstraction," or play word games and force me to admit that the *concept* of God must exist for us to even ask the question. But that's not what we're really talking about here, and everyone knows it's not.The que... More..