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I love Michael Shermer, I just wish his books were a little more enjoyable to read. Dawkins writes with such finesse and passion. It always seems like Shermer is writing a treatises rather than a book designed to reach a large audience.

He's a good speaker, though.

High pucker factor.

So then, religious beliefs are natural hardwiring like I said multiple times before seeing this? Weally? That is nice. And here I thought I was just an atheist apologist?

This means religious people are not really insane but "human." How quaint... So that means... the only difference between stupid destructive atheists and stupid destructive is that one goes the easy, natural way, the other learns past that, or thinks past it.

At least in the matters of god and such...in other matters, we be as crazy as anyone...

Tongue a Monkey!

"Belief is the natural state of things. It is the default option. We just believe - we believe all sorts of things. Belief is natural. Disbelief, skepticism, science is not natural. It's more difficult. It's uncomfortable to not believe things."


I believe this is true. Wait, do I want to believe this is true? Oh crap...

The behavioral conditioning research undercuts the scientific method and does not take into account the phenomenological experiences of either the research subject or the researcher. This speaker really needs to read more Merleau-Ponty, so his critical thought does not get stuck in the 1960s.

>> ^Trancecoach:

The behavioral conditioning research undercuts the scientific method and does not take into account the phenomenological experiences of either the research subject or the researcher. This speaker really needs to read more Merleau-Ponty, so his critical thought does not get stuck in the 1960s.


He should read a book from the 40s so that his mind wouldn't be stuck in the 60s?

>> ^ajkido:

>> ^Trancecoach:
The behavioral conditioning research undercuts the scientific method and does not take into account the phenomenological experiences of either the research subject or the researcher. This speaker really needs to read more Merleau-Ponty, so his critical thought does not get stuck in the 1960s.

He should read a book from the 40s so that his mind wouldn't be stuck in the 60s?


If you read the book, you'd understand. Most of the social sciences haven't caught up to what this book was laying out in the 40s.

Informative and it had a payoff at the end!

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