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Evol Biologist, Writer, Teacher, Grappler, Author of Sons of Monkeys: A New Study of the Human Animal

Canada
Joined November 2013
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Big shout out to two authors from #the6ix on this #WorldBookDay: @RobertJSawyer & @sonsofmonkeys thanks for the gifts for my mind!
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Every day where someone could have made a discovery but cultural or political forces impede it, is a sad day for civilization
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"We're sick and tired of your ism schism game" #HumanIsMyIsm #OneLove
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Why is pride a sin and submission a religious virtue? Because slaves are easier to manage if you break them and strip them of their pride.
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Conservative candidate in Toronto area calls homosexuality 'unnatural behaviour' ow.ly/T5WfI
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Replying to @sonsofmonkeys
@sonsofmonkeys Yes, I finally did (all but epilogue) and I'm totally on board for whenever the good ship Mars goes a sailing!
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Wow life is stranger than fiction! xitter.cf/peterboghossian/status…
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Replying to @pooroldkilgore
.@pooroldkilgore Religion is like an eating disorder. It attempts to unhealthily control your behavior through rigid rules and restrictions.
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Okay to not know. But when you don't know, yet think you know, and wield power in that ignorance, it's a recipe for disaster.
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Replying to @sonsofmonkeys
@sonsofmonkeys This was in today's Chicago Tribune-- a complaint & vandalism over a restaurant name w/"Chinaman": chicagotribune.com/entertain…
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If you want results it's better to have money than faith pretty much every time.
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In more rational world, abortion would be just another medical procedure-- rare, as contraceptives would be understood, available, & used.
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Replying to @sonsofmonkeys
@sonsofmonkeys You mean "This Perfect Day"? I read it yrs ago. Copyright 1970. Early writers seemed to expect gigantic computers in charge!
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Bonobos don't have specific mating seasons but it's been observed that bonobo births increase in the rainy season from March to May #bonobos
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Yes I suppose it's odd that atheists sometimes say Jesus, and Oh My God. But odder than the religious saying "let's be reasonable"?
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#religion it's a thought prison
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You aren't like an animal; you ARE an animal. The only way to understand ourselves, others & society is to first understand that we are apes
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Theists & atheists would do well to remember that secularism ISN'T an attack on religious freedom; it is rather, its only qualified defender
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MT @RobertJKennedy "'Do the Cheetos speak to you?' - actual question on @cbcasithappens" cbc.ca/asithappens/features/… #art
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If a chicken's going to lose its life for our supper, don't we at least owe it the respect of calling it an animal? Instead of 'protein'?
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