User:Neural

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This user is an atheist who sees no reason to believe in any deities.

This user is interested in religion as a sociological and psychological phenomenon.

This user employs conversational intolerance when talking to people who think the world is less than 10,000 years old.

This user supports racial equality.

This user supports gender equality.

This user thinks that the achievements of women have been downplayed throughout history.

?	This user follows his/her own political ideals.

This user sees nothing wrong with the human form and doesn't view it as something that needs to be hidden.

This user has long been a fan of the gorgeous businesswoman and porn star Tera Patrick.

This user is interested in singularitarianism.

This user understands biological evolution.

This user suspects that free will is a convincing illusion, although possibly a neccesary one.

This user is a bibliophile.

This user likes to read about the great genius and polymath Leonardo da Vinci.

This user enjoys writing.

This user is interested in
ancient civilizations.

This user is not the Messiah! He is a very naughty boy!

You will never have a boss better than this user, someone who's basically just a chilled out entertainer...

BEThis user is a fan of Brass Eye.

This user is a Doctor Who fan.

Big Brother is watching this user.

This user maintains a strict policy advising against all personal attacks.

This user strives to maintain a policy of neutrality on controversial issues.

This user is a recent changes patroller.

This user is an ally of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans community.

This user is interested in beauty.

This user speculates that polyamory could be the way forward for human relationships.

This user is a member of Wikipedians against censorship.

This user contributes using Firefox.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Atheism.

Current favourite quote:

'What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.' - Christopher Hitchens

Articles started:

• An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Atheism (a book by Daniel Harbour)
• Dawkins' God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life (a book by Alister McGrath)
• I started the Dagoth Ur article under a temporary account a long while ago.

Likes:

• Freethinkers (see freethought)
• Love
• Computer games like Deus Ex, Morrowind, and Civilization IV
• Monty Python
• Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
• Horror fiction and science fiction
• Films
• Erotica, non-exploitative porn, and sex in general
• Women
• The Wicker Man (the restored 99 min 1973 version)
• The insights and efforts of Richard Dawkins
• Questioning beliefs and assumptions

Personal Dislikes:

• Social conservatism
• Censorship
• The "big three" Abrahamic world religions - Christianity, Judaism, and Islam; especially all forms of religious fundamentalism
• The constant proselytising of many Christians and Muslims
• Attempts to enforce brands of religious morality by passing laws that apply to everyone, religious or not
• Uncritical faith in anything
• The popular anti-paedophile witch-hunting
• Poverty
• Neo-Nazis and those with a similar mentality
• The nonsense that some people take seriously
• And the insanity that some people think is a virtue

General Interests:

• Chess
• Pagan religions and rituals
• Psychology
• Neurotheology
• Sociology
• Philosophy
• Nietzsche
• Programming
• Transhumanism
• The universe!

My Political Compass:

My political compass result (Economic: -2.50 Social: -6.26) I am strongly libertarian (or perhaps I should say anti-authoritarian), and slightly to the left on the economic axis. My result for the latter seems a bit exaggerated to me, although I did answer every question honestly. I think my natural distrust of huge multinational corporations and my belief that writers/artists are as important as manufacturers is showing here. Take the test here

Some interesting and/or controversial links:

• RD.net
• Rationalia forum
• Rational Skepticism forum
• Richard Carrier: Why I am not a Christian
• Sam Harris: The End of Faith
• Judith Levine: Harmful to Minors
• Kurzweilai.net
• Women and the death penalty in modern Iran
• The Bible
• The Qur'an
• Free will vs determinism