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Having dinner with @markoff in NY. He wants to go bicycling with @davewiner. Can anyone introduce them? 5:54 PM May 29th via Twitter for Android
Mercier and Sperber's Argumentative Theory in New Scientist "Why We're Wired To Persuade" bit.ly/KXDYZ4 & EDGE bit.ly/iCWRLz 12:55 PM May 28th via web
mattwridley Greens as "hypocritical, selfish, anti-intellectual... rich-world faddists with a closed mind and vicious temper" spectator.co.uk/nickcohen/7872… 1:56 PM May 27th via web Retweeted by edge and 35 others
Robert Trivers in his new Blog, The Folly of Fools, writing on "Fraud, Disclosure, and Degrees of Freedom in Science bit.ly/KgneuV 9:44 AM May 25th via bitly
Dawkins on EO Wilson:"not a book to be tossed lightly aside. It should be thrown with great force. And sincere regret." bit.ly/KSr2j2 10:04 AM May 24th via bitly
Sam Harris interviews Bruce Hood: The Illusion of the Self bit.ly/LBBAs7 see Hood's Edge feature on Essentialism bit.ly/a4SUHX 11:41 PM May 22nd via bitly
Elon Musk triumphs in space and on the roads - nyti.ms/Lpj67W 5:15 PM May 22nd via bitly
JonHaidt I retract my blog post "Republican-Party-Bad," and explain how I got carried away by... emotion. righteousmind.com/?p=716 4:54 PM May 21st via Tweet Button Retweeted by edge and 7 others
lauriesantos My colleague @profbrucehood with a fantastic EDGE conversation on essentialism and what makes us human: edge.org/conversation/e… 7:25 AM May 18th via web Retweeted by edge and 5 others
davewiner Facebook's rise is great for Zuck, but unless you're among a privileged few, it isn't good for you. 0k3.blork.ly 2:47 PM May 20th via Blork Retweeted by edge and 22 others
RichardDawkins The New York Times piece on Romney's religion today glosses over some realities. Here's a supplement: youtube.com/watch?v=mEyc2Q… 9:45 AM May 20th via web Retweeted by edge and 68 others
Jeff Bezos's garden - Tom Friedman NYTimes nyti.ms/JGmsJu 6:38 PM May 19th via bitly
"..the largesse of the Templeton foundation has given Wilson a big megaphone, so I don’t expect his atheist-bashing to stop any time soon." 8:44 AM May 19th via web
3.Getting rid of unwarranted authority and privilege that religions, churches, officials have garnered for themselves over the centuries. 8:44 AM May 19th via web
2. Assessing effects of ungrounded religious belief on the world. Conclusion-religions have inflicted far more harm than good on the world. 8:43 AM May 19th via web
The agenda is this: 1.Testing whether the tenets of religion are true. The New Atheist answer is “no.” 8:43 AM May 19th via web
Coyne: Agenda of New Atheism is concerned with the truth of religious teachings and their effect on the world. It's not about origins. 8:43 AM May 19th via web
Essential reading: Jerry Coyne (@Evolutionistrue) takes apart D. S. Wilson's critique of New Atheism bit.ly/L6WUQx 8:43 AM May 19th via web
matingmind charming TED talk on Darwinian aesthetics by the late, great Dennis Dutton, founder of @aldaily : ted.com/talks/denis_du… 7:10 AM May 19th via web Retweeted by edge and 3 others
Robert Trivers: "The offspring cannot rely on its parents for disinterested guidance," tgr.ph/M2Q9Bs 5:54 PM May 18th via bitly