Conquer Club

http://boingboing.net/2013/05/01/homele ... of-ge.html

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Redditor Ventachinkway caught a photo of a homeless man conducting a clever exercise in behavioral economics disguised as an inquiry into the levels of spontaneous generosity as determined by religious creed or lack thereof.

When I passed him he proudly announced "The atheists are winning!" (i.imgur.com) (via Glinner)

This study is of upstanding quality.

BMO

>Jewish
>least money

Much as I dislike religion in general, the redditor atheists are possibly the biggest group of self-flagellating tools out there. There's a reason the term "circle-jerking" is so popular on reddit.

-TG

As much as that is awesome! A couple of things:

- Was there some competition bias observed in a couple of outliers in this? (i.e. one really militant athiest and agnostic wanted to prove a point/win)
- You need to adjust for population composition

TA1LGUNN3R wrote:Much as I dislike religion in general, the redditor atheists are possibly the biggest group of self-flagellating tools out there. There's a reason the term "circle-jerking" is so popular on reddit.

-TG

Haha. A good friend of mine is a redditor, and he refers to that group as the "Neckbeard atheists." What that means is a little beyond me, I guess. I've never been on the circles of Reddit.

BMO

That's an apt term, for sure.

-TG

BigBallinStalin wrote:http://boingboing.net/2013/05/01/homeless-mans-ab-test-of-ge.html

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Redditor Ventachinkway caught a photo of a homeless man conducting a clever exercise in behavioral economics disguised as an inquiry into the levels of spontaneous generosity as determined by religious creed or lack thereof.

When I passed him he proudly announced "The atheists are winning!" (i.imgur.com) (via Glinner)

My first thought is that the homeless man is crafty and creative, and he put A BIT OF HIS OWN MONEY (or maybe shifts money from the religious pots) in the "atheist pot", thinking that the religous folks might be the easiest to spur to "give more" that way. Maybe I'm too cynical, but that's how I initially see it.

And yes, the atheist forum on Reddit is absolutely full of self-flaggelating hostile-to-religion douchebags. It's sad because they act exactly like they like to complain about religious folks acting toward them.

Lootifer wrote:As much as that is awesome! A couple of things:

- Was there some competition bias observed in a couple of outliers in this? (i.e. one really militant athiest and agnostic wanted to prove a point/win)
- You need to adjust for population composition

You need to adjust for your attitude. Per-capita is for pussies. HUGH!!!

(re: underlined, good thought, but couldn't it be the same case for the believer? Or does the average atheist have 'something to prove' more so than the average believer?)

rdsrds2120 wrote:This study is of upstanding quality.

BMO

I only make bold claims with the utmost of scientifical evidenciaries.

BigBallinStalin wrote:

rdsrds2120 wrote:This study is of upstanding quality.

BMO

I only make bold claims with the utmost of scientifical evidenciaries.

You can't learn me with no fancy science!

BMO

BigBallinStalin wrote:

Lootifer wrote:As much as that is awesome! A couple of things:

- Was there some competition bias observed in a couple of outliers in this? (i.e. one really militant athiest and agnostic wanted to prove a point/win)
- You need to adjust for population composition

You need to adjust for your attitude. Per-capita is for pussies. HUGH!!!

(re: underlined, good thought, but couldn't it be the same case for the believer? Or does the average atheist have 'something to prove' more so than the average believer?)

In America I would suggest they do. Like any minority really. (human nature shows that underdogs fight more visciously right?).

Lootifer wrote:- Was there some competition bias observed in a couple of outliers in this? (i.e. one really militant athiest and agnostic wanted to prove a point/win)

this was my initial thought, to be honest. nothing motivates like the desire to remove a negative stigma.

plus, the guy proudly announcing "atheists are winning!" makes me suspicious.

Why did a Buddhist donate a carabiner?

crispybits wrote:Why did a Buddhist donate a carabiner?

It's obvious, isn't it? Though no quite a circle, the loop design is reminiscent of the endless cycle of samsara. The spring loaded portion of the carabiner represents the Buddha's teaching, which 'spring you' out of the endless cycle.


--Andy

haha nice trick! I'm curious to know whether he made more money as usual doing this..