Paulo Seabra

The speech in question was arguably one of the biggest viral sensations of new atheism. It was certainly one of the clips that gave me a big nudge or two towards my proposition that atheism was a more reasonable position than any form of theism, perhaps it made me believe that atheism was even true, which would denote a positive statement and therefore a stronger claim. And with good reason because this was a damn good speech, it's Richard Dawkins at the height of his powers and with some impressive rhetorical flare to boot. But now that so many years have passed, does this speech still hold up? And now that I've criticized ten arguments in favor of atheism here, and another ten here, do I still hold to the argument that Dawkins presents in this brief speech? I'm not so sure I do, at least not quite in the same way. In a nutshell, I believe that what is being defended here is something somewhat similar to Pascal's wager, an argument that, though kinda weak in philosop...

For a long time now I've been fascinated by George R. R. Martin and his epic creation. However, it wasn't always so. I watched the first season of Game of Thrones in late 2012 when it was relatively unknown, at least compared to how it would eventually become, and while I found it interesting, though I didn't quite get it and made the worst predictions ever, I didn't have the thirst to continue on through the second season. Later on though, in the summer of 2014, I went back, now with four seasons available, and got immediately quite hooked. Nowadays I have seen the show at least thrice, and the first four seasons two more times, and the first season by itself like two or three extra times on top of that. I also read the books once, currently rereading them, and I've listened to George in interviews countless other times... And in all those times I can never tell where my feelings for this story lie, because at times I rather dislike some of its elements, while oth...

I kinda got through college by watching a ton of british panel shows. I think it all started with the weird wisdom of QI, and then I discovered the fables and fibs of Would I Lie To You, and lastly the topical yet random and somewhat timeless tirades of 8 Out of 10 Cats. Or maybe it didn't happen quite in this order, maybe I am misremembering some things that actually happened concurrently, but suffice it to say that I ended up watching more hours of british television than television from my own country. Soon enough I found myself understanding some current events and quite a few details of british culture, as well as noticing all these words that are used rather differently in american english, and of course most importantly, I found a ton of comedians I began to admire... And I mean, college for me wasn't necessarily terrible, but there were a few bad days here and there, and it was in the apex of my worst days there that I discovered 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, and...