"grepping for some bolstering factoids" This quotelet made me an instant fan of @pluralistic . I knew exactly what he meant, and this is exactly my type of technobizzaraity.
I understand how belief in a god can make a person feel like they have some power over situations when things are scary or dire. Especially in harsher times and climes. It's just too bad that it doesn't stop there.
I love when extra giant stuff gets trucked down the highway. Houses, wind machine propellers, big equipment. I get two minutes to marvel at the general size of only some things.