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64Playing the Horses For Fun and (Hopefully) Profit
This hub provides some of the basics about horse racing: types of racing, types of bets, how to bet, and some links to resources about racing.
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62Top 20 Reasons to Believe in God, deny “Evilution” and Atheism
20: Argument from Design. “The existence of this “fine-tuned” complex universe proves that god must have created it. A creation dictates a creator.” 19: “In Isaiah 40:22 it says that the Earth is Flat, proving that the entire bible...
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80Pascal's Wager - A Child's Argument
A hub responding to a comment I received which re-used Pascal's Wager. Essentially a summary of all the reasons the argument fails miserably.
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807 Adult Board Games - not sexual but fun
Adult board games can be fun at parties. Here is a list of a few good board games that you can try out.
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54Call of Duty - Black Ops Review
After another year of controversy and a ton of media coverage we're back again in the hands of Treyarch, usually in the shadow of its "bigger brother" Infinity Ward with the hottest franchise of the moment, Call of Duty. We find out if a new...
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56Final Jeopardy Wagering Strategy
Jeopardy contestants are throwing away a chance to win by making incorrect wagers for Final Jeopardy. It's not rocket science, it's simple game theory. Here is the way they should be wagering.
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75Women, Gender and Atheism
Women are more religious than men across many demographic and cultural groups and religious traditions. Why is this? Psychology, evolution, anthropology and other fields provide some clues. Specific data and statistics from American religious surveys are also analyzed for the proportions of women.
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66Kentucy Derby 2011-Anything Can Happen! (And just did!)
This year, more than any in recent memory leave the field wide open for whatever type of bettor you may be. The playing field is so level, whether this is your first or fiftieth derby you have a great chance of placing a winning bet. Do you like...
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57To Live With the Truth - How a skeptic like you lives a perfectly natural life.
An Open Mind "By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out," says author and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, on a BBC lecture in 1996. I couldn't agree more. Keeping an open mind is the pathway for...
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68Physicists Making Bets
You know how friends sometimes casually make bets such as "I bet you Superman can run faster than Spiderman" or some such thing. Do you think that physicists make bets with each other? I can imagine a couple of physicists sitting in a coffee house...
