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I Had to Take My Dirty Panties to a Rabbi, and So Has Every Orthodox Jewish Woman
Nov 28, 2016 · 506By Katia Aryeh
Life Driven Purpose, pg 67
Nov 21, 2016 · 7“Reason is not a thing. It is a function of the brain. Our brains have a hugely complex new layer, or set of layers, that have evolved to the point where we now have the ability to use language and to think more broadly about behavior. We can think about our thoughts. We can think …
Richard Dawkins and Steve Balbus A Biologist and an Astrophysicist in Conversation about Evolution V
Nov 21, 2016Ingenious: Richard Dawkins- The evolutionary biologist reads Robert Frost.
Nov 17, 2016 · 5BY MICHAEL SEGAL INTERVIEW BY ELISA NEW In some ways, Richard Dawkins has been thinking about contingency for most of his life. The book that catapulted him to fame, The Selfish Gene, is about one kind of contingency, which shapes genetic codes and chooses winning species (and genes). This contingency is nested in many others. …
Coming Out Atheist, pg 64
Nov 14, 2016 · 8“About 5-15% of all Americans are atheists or other nonbelievers. Those numbers are even higher in many other parts of the world; In some countries, it’s as high as 65%, and possibly even 85%. That’s according to fairly conservative estimates, and the fact that many nonbelievers are uncomfortable saying so – even to themselves. And …
Richard Dawkins 2013 – interviewed by Robin Ince – Richard Dawkins Debate
Nov 10, 2016 · 6Richard Dawkins interviewed by Robin Ince – 2013
Attempting to learn German
Nov 4, 2016 · 29by Richard Dawkins I like to think of my life as governed by rational decisions, but I have to admit that my attempt to learn German in my quixotic seventies is governed more by emotion—an emotion that might strike some as positively irrational. I don’t specifically need German for my life or my work. No, …
The Necessity of Secularism, pg 115
Oct 31, 2016 · 8” Those who cling to the “further fact” view – that is, the view that there must be something outside of morality that provides the objective grounding for morality – are not unlike those naive economists who insist that currency has no value unless it’s based on gold or some other precious metal. Hence, we …
Life Driven Purpose, pg 47
Oct 24, 2016 · 3“Do you want a purpose-filled life? Then find a problem to solve. Usually you don’t need to find a problem. If finds you. Perhaps your siblings or parent dies of a horrible illness, and you dedicate the rest of your life to fighting a disease. Maybe you see your gay friends bullied at school and …
Coming Out Atheist, pg 88
Oct 17, 2016 · 13“‘And explain why it’s important for you to be out: that you intention isn’t to criticize or ridicule them, but to be honest with them and the rest of the world. “My ‘outness’ provoked’ provoked, perhaps a year or two ago, a conversation with my mother during which, in response to her complaint that my …