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Sam Harris On Pseudo and Mischievous Atheists
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(Crossposted from www.c4chaos.com ) Remember the anomalous Pew survey which showed that 21% of American atheists believe in God or a universal spirit? I thought the inclusion of the "universal spirit" screwed up the survey... More »
Sam Harris On Islam and Multiculturalism
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(Crossposted from www.c4chaos.com ) Sam Harris just published another impassioned essay on The Huffington Post. He defended Geert Wilders's film, Fitna and then went on to criticize (and righly so) the climate of multiculturalism in... More »
Sam Harris On Happiness
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"Happiness is an absence of neuroses." via Sam Harris @ Big Think From a psycho-social development perspective, I agree with Sam Harris. But happiness is relative. So I prefer serenity instead. But sadness is good... More »
Sam Harris @ Current Home Page
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(Crossposted from www.c4chaos.com ) Yesterday I posted a quick review of Current oogling on its potential. I played around with the service a bit and posted some videos . And just this morning I received... More »
New Atheists = New Anti-Dogmatists
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(Crossposted from www.c4chaos.com ) This was so evident from the very start the "New Atheists" had been coined. But this article from Benjamin O'Donnell still puts it very succinctly. "What is strange is that, when... More »
The Mind is Like Music
~C4Chaos
(Crossposted from www.c4chaos.com ) Jonah Lehrer has an insightful article on the LA Times urging neuroscientists to go beyond reductionism. Below is a key quote. "The mind is like music. While neuroscience accurately describes our... More »
Why Sam Harris is My Kind of New Atheist
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(Crossposted from www.c4chaos.com ) It's no secret to readers of this blog that Sam Harris is my personal favorite among the New Atheists . I like them all, btw. Their books are part of my... More »
OMFG! Now this is how to do propaganda!
~C4Chaos
(Crossposted from www.c4chaos.com ) "This ad will be running in the New York Times Book Review on this coming Sunday, January 13th." (via RichardDawkins.Net ) I hope Integralists and Spiral Dynamics gurus (and their publishers)... More »
Am I a Agnostic Buddhist?
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Like Sam Harris , I don't like putting labels on my belief and faith. But this is very close to what I subscribe to: "So what would be the features of an ‘agnostic Buddhist?’ Such... More »
Edge 2008: What Have You Changed Your Mind About?
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"When thinking changes your mind, that's philosophy. When God changes your mind, that's faith. When facts change your mind, that's science." -- Edge: the World Question Center "What the soul sees and has experienced, that... More »
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August 2008 