Various science, religion and technology related articles

Wired News have an interesting article about the rise of “New Atheism” which aims to bring about a society free of religion and superstition through reason. It’s interesting because it raises the issue that this may become the very fundamentalism it seeks to do away with. See Wired News: Battle of the New Atheism

If there’s money to be made then someone will want a slice of it - and possibly tax it. A few points about this at Virtual worlds getting so big they’re virtually taxable - 23 Oct 2006 - World News - NZ Herald.

Brief article on Pope Benedict’s critique of reliance on science and technology over at Pope warns scientists not to risk fate of Icarus - Yahoo! News.

Wired guide for first-time visitors (”noobs”) to Second Life in Let’s Go: Second Life.

And an article over at Rise of the machines - Technology - smh.com.au which picks up on some of the things that I highlight in the opening chapters of my thesis.