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Financial #atheism
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Brian of NazarethAfter the tragic events of 9/11 2001 Sam Harris started writing his book “The end of faith” which happened to be released around the same time as Richard Dawkins’ “The God delusion”, Daniel Dennett’s “Breaking the spell” and Christopher Hitchens “God is not great — How religion poisons everything”. These books kickstarted what in hindsight has often been referred to as the new atheist movement even though there has arguably never been anything new about atheism. Atheism must almost certainly have preceded religion since religious ideas require the person holding the idea to believe a certain doctrine or story. Atheism is just the rejection of ways to describe the world which are not verifiable by experimentation. A fly is probably an atheist by this definition of the word. Atheism (...)

#monty-python #bitcoin #financial-atheism #monetary-policy

Radical Kindness Is Liberating
▻https://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/radical-kindness-is-liberating

A few years ago, Maria Popova wrote an article on how to criticize with kindness, based on the work of philosopher Daniel Dennett. The basic idea is to set the bar very high for how we respond to...

Why Trump Would Enjoy Being a Consciousness Researcher - Facts So Romantic
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In a sense, consciousness is like Trump.Photograph from imgur / redditSure, Donald Trump usually isn’t one for heady or complex matters. His business roles—promoting steaks, golf courses, and casinos—haven’t been particularly rigorous, in an intellectual sense. The closest he came was with Trump University (although, among other problems, its use of the word “university” to describe its operations violated New York State law.) Studying consciousness may just be the exception to the rule. He is clearly interested in the quality of brains, and has formed a definite opinion on the quality of his own (“I have a very good brain.”) Also, consciousness has been described as a popularity contest, and Trump loves popularity contests. The philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett once (...)

Daniel Dennett, « Philosophy That Stirs the Waters » - NYTimes.com
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/books/daniel-dennett-author-of-intuition-pumps-and-other-tools-for-thinking.html? #philosophy #cerveau

Human beings, Mr. Dennett said, quoting a favorite pop philosopher, Dilbert, are “moist #robots.”

Clinging to the idea that the mind is more than just the brain, Mr. Dennett said, is “profoundly naïve and anti-scientific.”

Paul Pardi: What’s So New About the New #Atheism?
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The editors of Wired magazine in 2006 used the term “new” to describe the atheistic movement initiated by Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris. I think they were right. In a recent article for The Huffington Post, I made the claim that religious belief in the United States is at the edge of a significant evolutionary change. One reason I cited for this change is the pressure coming from “The New Atheism.” One reader commented that there really is no “new” atheism. The contemporary atheism is the same old thing in modern packaging. I don’t think it is.

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