551. Secret Swami - About Sai Baba

Comment #95622 by robotaholic on December 8, 2007 at 8:18 pm

what the *uck - another weird cult...

552. Keith Olbermann talks about the Romney 'Religion' Speech

Comment #95621 by robotaholic on December 8, 2007 at 8:01 pm

he sounded brainwashed... - that is as blunt and accurate as it gets

553. Beyond Belief 07: Enlightenment 2.0

Comment #94503 by robotaholic on December 5, 2007 at 8:34 pm

Patricia Churchland seems to be the only speaker who embrased the scientic method.

554. Beyond Belief 07: Enlightenment 2.0

Comment #94494 by robotaholic on December 5, 2007 at 7:52 pm

I hate the islamic terrorist dude - he's so rude to the other scientists - someone needs to smack him brb were gonna go have sex

555. Beyond Belief 07: Enlightenment 2.0

Comment #94434 by robotaholic on December 5, 2007 at 4:30 pm

HEY- Ifff your google video stops in the middle - just start it over and slide the slider to right past where it left offf!!! (yes offf with 3 FFF's)

EDIT: wow, the conclusion that it is evolutionarily advantageous to be practically rational instead of technically rational was really interesting to me -

556. Highway to hysteria

Comment #94309 by robotaholic on December 5, 2007 at 8:51 am

I see similarity between the people in front of the gay bar and the people in sudan demanding the teacher be killed - somehow it seems these people are in an emotional frenzy that only religion can develop and exacerbate.

557. Beyond Belief 07: Enlightenment 2.0

Comment #94047 by robotaholic on December 4, 2007 at 4:17 pm

oh MAN Daniel Dennett has been the best speaker and the most substantive by FAR- it's like I just got a good "fix" of intelligence - it's like a drug lol

558. Beyond Belief 07: Enlightenment 2.0

Comment #93995 by robotaholic on December 4, 2007 at 2:38 pm

I love Pat Churchland

559. Beyond Belief 07: Enlightenment 2.0

Comment #93973 by robotaholic on December 4, 2007 at 2:10 pm

yay! excited...- I so saved the first beyond belief sessions to my hard drive and about drove all my friends crazy with clips - i really loved the saturn lady Puerco and the material version of reality and how beautiful it is when stars nova/super- can't wait for 2.0 - oh and I love the moderator - he seems so cool...

560. Atheism's Wrong Turn

Comment #93607 by robotaholic on December 3, 2007 at 5:53 pm

NOTHING - I mean NOTHING is more noble than stopping enforced ignorance.- Dennett isn't even touched by this litle 'piece'.

EDIT - I loved Dennett's response:

" What I, Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens are opposed to is not religious education, but the sorts of indoctrination that depends on enforced ignorance. Now that really is child abuse-just as surely as it is child abuse to prevent a child from learning to read. "

561. Double-checking Dawkins

Comment #93060 by robotaholic on December 2, 2007 at 4:45 am

I guess before RD writes, he does alot of R&D...

562. Sudan demo over jailed UK teacher

Comment #92755 by robotaholic on December 1, 2007 at 11:57 am

so Satanburiedfossiles, do you think Islam needs a reformation just like christianity had?- because I don't wanna wait a few hundred years...

563. Poll finds more Americans believe in devil than Darwin

Comment #92732 by robotaholic on December 1, 2007 at 10:55 am

how about these figures:

North America continues to lead in scientific investment, with public and private funding accounting for 37% of the world's gross expenditure on research and development (GERD) in 2005. However, Asia is now the second largest investor, with a share of 32%, overtaking Europe which contributed 27% of GERD, according to data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) featured in the UNESCO Science Report 2006.

Today, almost one-third of the globe's science and engineering researchers are employed by the United States. Thirty-five percent of science and engineering articles are published within the U.S. and the U.S. accounts for 40% of the globe's research and development (R&D) expenditure.

The fact that The USA has alot of religious people sucks, but I would rather be a scientist here - that plus the seperation of church & state is wonderful...


I went to public school in a rural town in the southwest in this country and I was taught Evolution without one speck of creationism.

The challenge for the United States over the next decade will be to retain its role as a global pacesetter in the education of engineering and scientific talent and thereby to sustain its legacy as a preeminent technological innovator.

-I'm doing my part...majoring in magnetohydrodynamics...(that was a joke)

564. Sudan demo over jailed UK teacher

Comment #92565 by robotaholic on November 30, 2007 at 7:20 pm

mindless murderous muslim maniacs make me morbid -

I learned a rule of thumb from this:

Stay the hell out of Sudan!

565. Response to Orr

Comment #92547 by robotaholic on November 30, 2007 at 6:34 pm

wow! :o - someone needs to make a philosopher statue of Dennett and put it in greece lol

566. Interview with Richard Dawkins

Comment #92542 by robotaholic on November 30, 2007 at 6:16 pm

I seriously love hearing Professor Dawkins speak.

567. Islam and the modern world don't mix

Comment #91435 by robotaholic on November 28, 2007 at 9:50 am

blast muslims with britany or 40 lashes with lui vuitton

568. My life under a fatwa

Comment #91403 by robotaholic on November 28, 2007 at 8:37 am

and I'm tired of being educated about muslim this and islam that - I don't even wanna hear about it- I just wish it would go AWAY

569. My life under a fatwa

Comment #91401 by robotaholic on November 28, 2007 at 8:36 am

I swear her biggest threat is Hitch - lol

570. Mitt the Mormon

Comment #91398 by robotaholic on November 28, 2007 at 8:34 am

I absolutely can't believe that in order to be the President of the USA you have to believe in invisible people with superpowers - it's just stupid

571. Romney's Mormonism is fair game

Comment #89440 by robotaholic on November 20, 2007 at 6:07 pm

hahahah! Hitch is awesome- and has a great point. The man's beliefs are obsurred and need to be challenged- especially if he's attempting to be the president of the United States.

572. 'Growing Up in the Universe' now available free online

Comment #88040 by robotaholic on November 14, 2007 at 8:42 am

You are truely an awesome person Richard Dawkins - Thank you so much

573. Arguments Against Evolution

Comment #87805 by robotaholic on November 13, 2007 at 7:43 am

this thread need not exist - there are no serious reasonable arguments against evolution - the evidence is absolutely incontravertible - and there are literally millions and millions and millions of pieces of evidence around the world - not to mention the microbiological evidence- in fact its hard to take seriously anyone who says they don't believe in evolution - usually they either don't understand it or deliberately try not to-

when a religious person claims evolution is bs, you should find out if they mean first cause or natural selection because they are two very different things-

I just love the video at the top though - Richard Dawkins is just a master at explaining things- he's a wonderful teacher- He had the influence to reach me in Oklahoma, and the teaching skills to help me look at evolution seriously- I appreciate that!

574. Pat Robertson Says Giuliani Presidency Appears in Book of Revelation

Comment #86463 by robotaholic on November 9, 2007 at 10:19 am

I don't want Giuliani to be president - I don't want President RUDOLF! That just doesn't roll off the tongue... lol

Besides...I can't imagine anyone better than Hillary at dealing with Middle Eastern female persecution. >:)

I doubt she would take any shXX - or so it would appear...

575. The Transcendental Argument for God

Comment #85013 by robotaholic on November 4, 2007 at 1:54 pm

Why does everyone always quote Chalmers? - I don't think I agree with a thing he's said. Why does anyone bother with TAG either? Why should the origon of rationality require a rational being? - There are many examples of complexity arrising out of the noncomplex - like all lifeforms on planet earth - the big bang - like RD says the only explanation for complexity is that it started out noncomplex - For one to say the complex came from the complex doesn't explain anything. (And then once complex - we developed language and a sense of self/I/ & finally rationality)
Also the argument says "all knowing" being - I think its like impossible to know Everything in the universe - isn't there like a theorum in math that like proves it? - if not - still it seems like a childish argument

576. Believe it or not, courtesy counts

Comment #83965 by robotaholic on October 31, 2007 at 11:25 pm

"""""Why can't atheists see sacred texts as sacred to believers and behave respectfully when not provoked? """"


-i am tired of religion and supposed holy texts getting a free pass- they have for hundreds of years - in the face of glaring contradictions, it's time they were evaluated publically for what they are- bullshit

Sacred - dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity b: devoted exclusively to one service or use (as of a person or purpose)
2 a: worthy of religious veneration : holy b: entitled to reverence and respect
3: of or relating to religion : not secular or profane

I don't recognize any text as sacred.

577. Sam Harris at AAI 07

Comment #82799 by robotaholic on October 27, 2007 at 4:29 pm

It is rediculous that we have to struggle to find a word to desribe someone who doesn't believe in invisible people with superpowers. I am amazed at the fact that the English language is so technologically friendly - yet finding a word to accurately describe nonbelief in invisibles seems difficult :-/!

578. Debate between Christopher Hitchens and Dinesh D'Souza

Comment #81214 by robotaholic on October 24, 2007 at 12:27 pm

ok im getting irritated - if you saw the other debate with mr despoeirj203jfa then you were just waiting for Hitch to tear him apart - i am sad that he didn't do that-

579. Cheney and Obama: It's Not Genetic

Comment #80607 by robotaholic on October 22, 2007 at 10:14 am

amen to balls!

580. Debate between Michael Shermer and Dinesh D'Souza

Comment #80604 by robotaholic on October 22, 2007 at 10:03 am

I'm sorry I misunderstand - Benway - you thought Dea;osifj30sa looked like BRAD PITT? huh? :)) lmfao

581. Debate between Michael Shermer and Dinesh D'Souza

Comment #80600 by robotaholic on October 22, 2007 at 9:56 am

this infuriated me - Shermer let him get away with so much! like saying those "quote unquote secular values mabye have christian roots" - like Dawkins and Hitch(lol) says: if a christian can pick and choose which values they wanna keep instead of taking them all (like stoning disobedient kids, killing adulterers) then the morals they have do NOT depend on the bible and instead ppl just choose which ones they wanna keep based on their ALREADY EXISTING moral code

That's only one of the many cases where Shermer should have stopped this guy in his tracks.

582. Christopher Hitchens at AAI 07

Comment #80351 by robotaholic on October 21, 2007 at 12:05 pm

I like how the corollary of The Hitchens Challenge demonstrates perfectly what he's saying.

583. Ayaan Hirsi Ali at AAI 07

Comment #80348 by robotaholic on October 21, 2007 at 11:58 am

It is wonderful and inspirational to see someone who has overcome massive oppression. I also have had that conflict within me between secularism and religious death cult tribalism. I'm so glad she got away and extremely happy that she is crushing so many stereotypes. Though, her struggle was more difficult than mine, it's wonderful to see her smile.

584. Interview at Al Franken Show

Comment #80336 by robotaholic on October 21, 2007 at 11:17 am

I love how he says that the request by religious people of a fossile in every state of development (in order to prove evolution) is equivelant to asking a creationist for a cinematic movie(recording) of god's every stage of creation.

585. Richard Dawkins receives the Deschner Prize

Comment #79866 by robotaholic on October 18, 2007 at 8:28 pm

thank you and congradulations Professor Richard Dawkins

about the Al Gore thing - well he is allowed to have his opinion about things, even if you don't agree with him -

I don't see The Honorable Professor Richard Dawkins picking at you for your opinions!

586. Dan Dennett award and speech at AAI 07

Comment #79388 by robotaholic on October 17, 2007 at 6:33 am

I love Daniel Dennett

587. Dan Dennett award and speech at AAI 07

Comment #79387 by robotaholic on October 17, 2007 at 6:33 am

I love Daniel Dennett

588. CBC Atheism and Humanism Documentary

Comment #77181 by robotaholic on October 8, 2007 at 5:17 pm

ONLYSKY, i totally agree with you 100 percent. I don't like even the connotation- humorous or not- that atheism is some sort of religion...

589. In honour of Dan Dennett

Comment #77070 by robotaholic on October 8, 2007 at 11:12 am

I adore Dennett also. He is inspirational in the field of consciousness.

590. Religion as a Force for Good

Comment #74772 by robotaholic on September 30, 2007 at 11:09 am

how come believing in mythical invisible people gives anyone moral authority?

591. Genes Tied to Bad Reactions to Antidepressant Drug

Comment #74380 by robotaholic on September 28, 2007 at 10:55 am

this was on NPR today and I found it interesting - hopefully this type of research will aid in other fields...

592. AAI Convention webcam

Comment #74379 by robotaholic on September 28, 2007 at 10:54 am

xoxo Richard Dawkins - I love what you do and how you do it!

593. Talking Action Figure Jesus

Comment #73645 by robotaholic on September 25, 2007 at 5:16 pm

Frankus1122 you're link was the best by far! THX! soccer jesus is the best and im sure you've seen the jesus dressup page

http://www.jesusdressup.com/

594. 1996 Richard Dimbleby Lecture

Comment #73139 by robotaholic on September 24, 2007 at 8:49 am

I adore hearing Richard Dawkins speak. Thank you so much for posting this. Any new (unseen)clips of RD are always appreciated.
-John

595. Fossils Reveal Clues on Human Ancestor

Comment #72355 by robotaholic on September 20, 2007 at 7:55 pm

...like Professor Dawkins says "the evidence keeps piling on..."

596. Larry King Interviews Kathy Griffin

Comment #71821 by robotaholic on September 19, 2007 at 6:06 pm

An actor/actress thanking jesus for award instead of helping people in Darfor - well my parents do the same thing all the time. We will sit down for dinner and they thank god for the food when it was THEY who earned the money, grew the vegetables, paid for the other things and fed themselves. They should thank themselves!!!-not some invisible nothing that didn't do anything////It just struck me that credit should be given where it is due...

597. Do you have to read up on leprechology before disbelieving in them?

Comment #71401 by robotaholic on September 18, 2007 at 5:23 pm

How about this?

I HATE theology and I don't think the bible is good literature. Anyone else agree?

598. Youtube hater, I respect your right to free speech.

Comment #70643 by robotaholic on September 16, 2007 at 12:29 pm

I think it is irrational to do the blasphamy challenge. It might be fun- IDK.

Her attitude, voice, and face were irritating.

I agree with okmichigan- definitely tired of youtube wars.

I hope having these videos on here doesn't degrade the reputation of this website. I'm glad Professor Richard Dawkins didn't take the blasphemy challenge.

599. Mind Over Manual

Comment #70635 by robotaholic on September 16, 2007 at 12:09 pm

Look, it's really simple. I don't think psychiatry is science. That's all. There are alot of people who agree with me. (some top scientists and alot of lay people- at least 15 million people in the usa alone) I know alot of people disagree with that. I know what I know from first hand experience. You seem to claim the same. So let's agree to disagree.

600. Mind Over Manual

Comment #70521 by robotaholic on September 15, 2007 at 10:05 pm

I am tired of this thread. However to say that a verbal report becomes objective is just not true.

In Daniel Dennett's heterophenomenology, the verbal or written reports of subjects are treated as akin to a theorist's fiction–the subject's report is not questioned, but it is not assumed to be an incorrigible report about that subject's inner state. Basicaly, heterophenomenology is a term coined by Daniel Dennett to describe an explicitly third-person, scientific approach to the study of consciousness. Personal report is accepted but treated alot like fiction.

I respect what Daniel Dennett says alot and so I agree to disagree concordantly.

peace