My Date With Google (2017)

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The Thinking Atheist

Science, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 17 January 2017

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Why do our eyes get puffy when we're sleepy? Does premium gasoline actually give us better gas mileage? Why do dogs stink after a bath? Why are alcoholic beverages called "spirits?" Why does it hurt so bad to get kicked in the testicles?

Once again, Seth Andrews uses Google (and other resources), seeking answers to the common - and uncommon - questions that so often vex us.

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0:30.0	Here we go. The step by three, two, one, action.
0:36.0	Assume nothing.
0:38.0	Brash ball face blasphemy.
0:40.0	Question. Everything.
0:42.0	I find it extremely hard to imagine. Open your eyes.
0:46.0	It is quite alright to be an atheist.
0:48.0	The fastest growing group of people in the country has been measured as being those who have no belief or who are atheists.
0:54.0	You don't have to be apologetic or quiet about it.
0:57.0	Challenge the opposition. You see religion on a hundred fronts losing the argument.
1:02.0	And start thinking.
1:07.0	This is the thinking atheist worldwide.
1:14.0	We are creatures of knowledge. Are we not my friends? We want to know things.
1:18.0	We don't want to take it on faith. We don't want to assume. We want to know.
1:24.0	Last January, I did a broadcast called My Date with Google turned out to be a really popular show.
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