About Tanoro
Christopher "Tanoro" Gray is a web programmer in Shreveport, Louisiana. He is a science advocate and member of the Zeitgeist Movement. He is especially concerned with resource management technologies, biology, and artificial intelligence. He is an autodidact student of epistemology and philosophy as well as an Atheist competent in Christian theology.Links
Latest Blogs
Ad Hoc Education vs the Pursuit of Knowledge
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 8:48PM
I would like to share a brief cut from a conversation I was having on Facebook recently. The topic was between me and some guy who was trying to convince that aspartame is dangerous to our health. His behavior illustrates a point I would like to mock. This was my initial statement: I'm skeptical of this claim. The first article above has some citations, trying to justify their claims, but they can't cite any of their claims to which source indicates them. None of the sources appear to... [more]
Social Networking Updated on My Blog
Sunday, May 13, 2012 12:33PM
I finally got around to updating one of the components on my blog. Formerly, the bottom of my blogs had five of the simplest and most out of date sharing widgets for what were the major social networks back when I originally wrote that component of my CMS system (about 3 years ago). Now, I have gotten up to date. I have dropped Delicious and StumbleUpon and added much more up-to-date counter-based widgets for Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Digg, and Reddit. Now, I'll be able to tell which is my... [more]
Stanislaw Burzynski, Millionaire?
Sunday, May 13, 2012 12:42AM
I get asked about Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski quite frequently (more than I'd care to admit). I remain skeptical of him and look for any rational evidence to support his claims that his cancer treatment works despite him being heavily criticized by mainstream experts as being a quack and a fraud. In the meantime, someone did show me something interesting tonight. Apparently, the Harris County Appraisal District publishes their work online as public records. We get a quick peek at what sort of... [more]
Doctors Only Treat the Symptom
Saturday, May 12, 2012 9:52PM
This is an argument I hear on occasion, usually from alternative health proponents, and it is used as a justification to ignore what doctors have to say in favor of preferred natural remedies not supported by medical science. Most doctors today only treat symptoms, and generally their first response to any complaint is "here, take this pill." That is not to say that I discredit everything that medical science has done for humanity. It's to say that I hold traditional holistic health... [more]
A Little Atheist Humor
Saturday, May 12, 2012 7:19PM
One day, a street preacher is standing on the street corner and shouting Bible versus at passers-by until a man stops to listen. The preacher takes notice and begins to focus his preaching on the man as if delivering a heated sermon to an audience of one."Have you found Jesus, my son!?" The preacher shouted."I'm sorry, father, but I'm an atheist," The man replied."An atheist!" said the preacher, "My son, what will you say when you pass away and you're standing before God and he asks you, 'Why... [more]
Fox News Can't Decide if Climate Change is for Real
Monday, Apr 30, 2012 2:23PM
Just last week, I was arguing with someone on Facebook that when an organization with a clear-cut bias that claims to report the news cannot even get its own position straight, we should become less inclined to take said organization seriously. At the time, I was talking about NaturalNews.com, the Fox News of alternative health. This time, it's Fox News doing what it does best. My boss told me this morning that Fox News released an article indicating that new research shows that wind farms... [more]
Easy Weight Lost
Wednesday, Apr 25, 2012 7:53PM
Last year, I took an interest in my health and losing some weight. I stopped drinking all except diet sodas. I began drinking more water. I started going to the gym too. I also switched to a protein-based Subway diet. I was still eating whatever I wanted and was generally hoping that cutting down on my lunches alone and exercising a bit more would do it. I stopped gaining weight, but didn't lose any. Last November, I visited the dietician at the local VA hospital for advice. After having... [more]
Anti-science Alchemist Tries to Hi-jack the Resource Based Economy
Wednesday, Apr 25, 2012 6:03PM
A friend of mine on Facebook posted something that got my attention. At first, it looks like a newspaper with "Resource Based Economy" in the title. I was wondering if someone was actually organizing a real newspaper to promote this economic direction. Get your copy of Resource Based Economy Journal Published by People 4 Social Sustainability (www.sustainablecoop.org) At first, I questioned how useful this would be with all the websites and blogs floating around already. We already... [more]
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 8:48PM
I would like to share a brief cut from a conversation I was having on Facebook recently. The topic was between me and some guy who was trying to convince that aspartame is dangerous to our health. His behavior illustrates a point I would like to mock. This was my initial statement: I'm skeptical of this claim. The first article above has some citations, trying to justify their claims, but they can't cite any of their claims to which source indicates them. None of the sources appear to... [more]
Social Networking Updated on My Blog
Sunday, May 13, 2012 12:33PM
I finally got around to updating one of the components on my blog. Formerly, the bottom of my blogs had five of the simplest and most out of date sharing widgets for what were the major social networks back when I originally wrote that component of my CMS system (about 3 years ago). Now, I have gotten up to date. I have dropped Delicious and StumbleUpon and added much more up-to-date counter-based widgets for Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Digg, and Reddit. Now, I'll be able to tell which is my... [more]
Stanislaw Burzynski, Millionaire?
Sunday, May 13, 2012 12:42AM
I get asked about Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski quite frequently (more than I'd care to admit). I remain skeptical of him and look for any rational evidence to support his claims that his cancer treatment works despite him being heavily criticized by mainstream experts as being a quack and a fraud. In the meantime, someone did show me something interesting tonight. Apparently, the Harris County Appraisal District publishes their work online as public records. We get a quick peek at what sort of... [more]
Doctors Only Treat the Symptom
Saturday, May 12, 2012 9:52PM
This is an argument I hear on occasion, usually from alternative health proponents, and it is used as a justification to ignore what doctors have to say in favor of preferred natural remedies not supported by medical science. Most doctors today only treat symptoms, and generally their first response to any complaint is "here, take this pill." That is not to say that I discredit everything that medical science has done for humanity. It's to say that I hold traditional holistic health... [more]
A Little Atheist Humor
Saturday, May 12, 2012 7:19PM
One day, a street preacher is standing on the street corner and shouting Bible versus at passers-by until a man stops to listen. The preacher takes notice and begins to focus his preaching on the man as if delivering a heated sermon to an audience of one."Have you found Jesus, my son!?" The preacher shouted."I'm sorry, father, but I'm an atheist," The man replied."An atheist!" said the preacher, "My son, what will you say when you pass away and you're standing before God and he asks you, 'Why... [more]
Fox News Can't Decide if Climate Change is for Real
Monday, Apr 30, 2012 2:23PM
Just last week, I was arguing with someone on Facebook that when an organization with a clear-cut bias that claims to report the news cannot even get its own position straight, we should become less inclined to take said organization seriously. At the time, I was talking about NaturalNews.com, the Fox News of alternative health. This time, it's Fox News doing what it does best. My boss told me this morning that Fox News released an article indicating that new research shows that wind farms... [more]
Easy Weight Lost
Wednesday, Apr 25, 2012 7:53PM
Last year, I took an interest in my health and losing some weight. I stopped drinking all except diet sodas. I began drinking more water. I started going to the gym too. I also switched to a protein-based Subway diet. I was still eating whatever I wanted and was generally hoping that cutting down on my lunches alone and exercising a bit more would do it. I stopped gaining weight, but didn't lose any. Last November, I visited the dietician at the local VA hospital for advice. After having... [more]
Anti-science Alchemist Tries to Hi-jack the Resource Based Economy
Wednesday, Apr 25, 2012 6:03PM
A friend of mine on Facebook posted something that got my attention. At first, it looks like a newspaper with "Resource Based Economy" in the title. I was wondering if someone was actually organizing a real newspaper to promote this economic direction. Get your copy of Resource Based Economy Journal Published by People 4 Social Sustainability (www.sustainablecoop.org) At first, I questioned how useful this would be with all the websites and blogs floating around already. We already... [more]
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