two things relevant to my interests at this time

I watched Contact this weekend. Twice. So I have had God and science on the brain. A friend of mine pointed me to this article:

These scholars tend to agree on one point: that religious belief is an outgrowth of brain architecture that evolved during early human history. What they disagree about is why a tendency to believe evolved, whether it was because belief itself was adaptive or because it was just an evolutionary byproduct, a mere consequence of some other adaptation in the evolution of the human brain.

Not that I am capable of serious, articulate discourse on this or any matter, but I do like me some nytimes articles.

Also, these comics are funny:

toothpastefordinner.com

toothpastefordinner.com