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The Natural Explanation of Near Death Experiences 15 Aug 2013 | 10:19 am
Some interesting new research about what happens in tramatized and near death situation to brain states and conscious experience: http://io9.com/a-new-scientific-explanation-for-near-death-experience...
Nice atheists and mean atheists? Malcolm X and Martin Luther King? 23 Jun 2013 | 08:28 pm
I've been at the Secular Students Alliance conference in Las Vegas for the last three days. Lots of great stuff going on here. My talk was yesterday. Here's a link to my slide show: Being an Out o...
Confirmation Bias, Student Grades, and Prayer 5 Jun 2013 | 05:13 am
This is the season, after grades have been submitted, when student emails complaining about grades come in. A particular pattern emerges. I couldn't resist writing it up to use in my Critical Thinking...
Have you seen your miracle this month? 16 Apr 2013 | 05:36 am
http://io9.com/have-you-had-your-miracle-this-month-472650940
Are Science and Religion Compatible? Poll of Americans 4 Apr 2013 | 08:49 pm
I just came across this PEW survey in preparation for some of my class lectures. There are a lot of interesting details here that deserve thought. Poll: Are Science and Religion Compatible?
Atheism is a Civil Rights Issue, argues Todd Stiefel 27 Mar 2013 | 07:18 am
Raising awareness about our right to not believe
The Demise of American Religiousness? 14 Mar 2013 | 08:14 am
"Religious affiliation in the United States is at its lowest point since it began to be tracked in the 1930s, according to analysis of newly released survey data by researchers from the University of ...
Machine Intelligence and Machine Ethics 2 Mar 2013 | 12:20 am
There are lots of interesting articles here: Singularity AI Research But the first article, Intelligence Explosion and Machine Ethics, is embarrassing it's so fun. It's by Luke Muehlhauser and Louie...
Agnosticism and Epistemic Caution 28 Feb 2013 | 09:21 pm
Nick Bostrom has some very interesting things to say about reasonable agnosticism here. I agree with a lot of it, but I'd add a few points about theistic belief at critical junctures that, I think, t...
The Basics Expanded 14 Feb 2013 | 09:43 pm
The ideas first drafted here as The Basics has been evolving in my head for a while. I've adapted the post and incorporated it into my Philosophy of Religion courses as some background material for d...
