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I'm passionate about

Cosmology, Physics, entomology, biology, and advanced space propulsion

An idea worth spreading

Stop government corruption.

Talk to me about

Anything science

People don't know that I'm good at

Writing and public speaking

My TED Story

A little while back I saw a conference on the science channel. Now I'm here. It's a pleasure to be apart of the TED community.

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  A reply on Conversation: I'm a little nervous about giving my atheism speech at school.

  Oct 19 2012: Yeah, I'm going to have to add a lot of comments in the essay that I didn't even write just to not have tomatoes thrown at me. It'll help with morale.
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  A comment on Conversation: I'm a little nervous about giving my atheism speech at school.

  Oct 16 2012: I'm glad my conversation has caused this much of a stir.

• A reply on Conversation: I'm a little nervous about giving my atheism speech at school.

  Oct 16 2012: I'm just giving a school speech. Nothing big.The assignment is due at the end of the week and we will be giving our speeches early next week. I sure hope I change a few minds.
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  A comment on Conversation: existence of god (why religion is the answer)

  Oct 14 2012: I have a saying I like to live by. "You can believe in one hand and learn in the other. See which one gets filled first." Believing represents religion and learning represents science.
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  A comment on Conversation: Why are man-made creations so symmetrical?

  Oct 14 2012: Symmetry is in the laws of nature. It would take completely different laws of nature to change all of this natural symmetry in the universe.

• A reply on Conversation: Should alcohol be banned or be more regulated?

  Oct 14 2012: The point is not whether you get a license or not, it's that not everyone who likes a drink is like you. Like I said, a lot of them are alcoholic morons.

• A reply on Conversation: I'm a little nervous about giving my atheism speech at school.

  Oct 14 2012: I will, of coarse, be gentle in my speech. I may be a little harsh when it comes to this topic on TED, but at school I have to be gentle about this topic since there is a lot on the line. I could anger peoples parents and really get people enraged with me. So, I really have no other option than to be gentle with my speech.

• A reply on Conversation: I'm a little nervous about giving my atheism speech at school.

  Oct 14 2012: True. Though I haven't been on TED very much lately. At least not since the end of summer vacation. School keeps me pretty occupied.
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  A reply on Conversation: I'm a little nervous about giving my atheism speech at school.

  Oct 14 2012: My goal truly isn't to convince. My goal is simply to make my fellow classmates look at the world in a different manner than they did before and hopefully get them to challenge that one lazy statement that "god created everything." I really just want my classmates to think.

• A reply on Conversation: Should alcohol be banned or be more regulated?

  Oct 14 2012: You may drink responsibly, but there are a lot of morons who don't and end up running somebody over because of it.