Untimely meditations
One man's thoughts, observations and rants
Welcome to the personal blog of Joop Beris. I blog about a wide variety of topics, ranging from atheism to information security and lots in between. I welcome feedback on my articles but there are some guidelines. Feel free to share articles you like by using the sharing buttons but please give me credit if you want to share something. Also, check out my privacy policy and other legalese.
Below you’ll find the most recent things I’ve written. Feel free to check them out, leave a comment and share them with others who might be interested.
Latest posts
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Watch “BBC Documentary – What Happened Before The Big Bang” on YouTube
Absolutely mind-boggling stuff. What happened before the Big Bang…if there was one at all…
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Now We Know How Many Craters Earth Has
And it’s a surprisingly low number! Have scientists found all of Earth’s impact craters? A surprising new study suggests that, indeed, that’s the case — at least for the big ones. Source: Now We Know How Many Craters Earth Has
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Don’t Believe In Evolution? Try Thinking Harder
An interesting research paper with findings that could be quite significant. If psychologist Will Gervais is on to something, it might help explain why debates concerning evolution between the scientifically minded and the religiously minded, tend not to get resolved. It’s not just that people are stubborn and it is hard to get them to…
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These are my reasons for being an atheist
These are my reasons for being an atheist Sometimes people ask me why I am an atheist. While I can think of many general reasons, I have personal reasons that first started me to doubt my faith and later convinced me that there was no reason to have faith at all. While I have written…
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The Leprechaun Delusion — I don’t think so
Sometimes, you come across things that make you stop and think ‘say what?’. Today is such a day. I came across this tweet and decided to check it out, thinking it must be a hoax. Turns out it is not but is it entirely up to snuff?
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“There are two different kinds of people in the world: those who want to know, and those who want to believe.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
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