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Mirror, mirror, on the wall ...

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There seem to be quite a few "iffy" charities that are effectively front organisations for a commercial business. There are usually some clear conflicts of interest, such as trustees having a business interest in the charity or its commercial partner. If you look carefully enough I expect some of th...

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If you ever get the opportunity to try this, do so.

If asked for your "Christian name", reply that you don't have one.

This happened to me at my doctor's and it took them a fair few seconds to twig and realise their mistake. Priceless.

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Some good coverage from a highly respected news source:

http://newsarse.com/2010/01/14/boots-to ... pot-range/

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The BBC have now picked this up:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8468981.stm

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I think you are lucky to get involved. Over much of the country humanists are specifically excluded from Interfaith and related activities. It all seems to depend on the few people who are driving the local activities - if they are antagonistic to humanism and humanists then they can put in the way ...

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Gary Larson of The Far Side fame published a similar map in Unnatural Selections in 1991. This also included other useful material such as the "Garfield Belt" and the "People Mag Belt". I couldn't find an image on line but I'm sure there will be one.

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As an aside on this topic, how about this quote from Lord Denning:

"The House of Commons starts its proceedings with a prayer. The chaplain looks at the assembled members with their varied intelligence and then prays for the country." --Lord Denning, in the Daily Telegraph, October 12, 1989

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I expect the fence is mainly to keep out the rednecks who fancy a bit of exotic hunting without the cost of an air fare to Finland, Canada or Siberia. Once the animals have all been shot the owner may change his mind.

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It'll never be the same without Humph.

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I was once on a DTI Foresight Panel on Crime Prevention, and one of the topics we worked on was illicit drugs and how science might help in the "war". The Panel agreed fairly readily that according to a purely science-led approach to the drug problem one might simply decriminalise all drugs and tran...

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Scone (1950's black and white tale of town vs gown)

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I don't think we should. Think about the maintenance costs of all those little-used Grade 1 listed cathedrals.

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Just seen some of the clips of the recorded programme released by the BBC. The whole programme seems to be about Griffin and the loathsome BNP. He seems to have had a pretty thorough roasting by the panel and in particular by the audience, and made to look thoroughly stupid. A reasonable success for...

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One good example from my field (chemistry, originally) would be large crystals of pretty minerals such as quartz. The full scale angles and faces on the crystals are exact scaled-up copies of the microscopic scale atoms, ions or molecules making up the crystal. The visible form that such crystals ta...

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There are groups called "Cafe Scientifique" who meet in cafes to discuss science topics. Would this be classified in the same way, or is it just the religion element that annoys people?

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Just to show how lax the registration system is, a BBC journalist managed to get his cat registered with three "professional bodies" in hypnotherapy. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8303126.stm I think hypnotherapy is most appropriate for a cat to take up. You only need to stare into its eyes for...

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As a chemist I would say this, but life started out as chemistry well before Dawkins' precious genes came along. I agree with Nick that various different approaches might have happened, but that after a while it settled on the current set of chemicals. In my view the main feature of life is the hydr...

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Yes, we have a similar experience in Milton Keynes, where there are a dozen or more of us who meet regularly for a good natter on a humanism related topic, but it is quite intellectual and this may deter some people. There is a larger group of members / contacts but we only see these people from tim...

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Dear misguided fools,

What if we decide, conclusively, that procrastination never

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