Stuart Kauffman: What Causes Religious Belief?
[2:09] Religious belief is everywhere. Why so pervasive, ubiquitous across diverse human cultures? What motivates t…
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Michael De Dora: International Blasphemy Rights Day
[19:34] Michael De Dora, director of the Center for Inquiry’s Office of Public Policy and head representative t…
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10 Times Non-Believers Arguments Blew Our Minds
[12:09] 1. Neil DeGrasse Tyson 2. Penn Jillette 3. Christopher Hitchens 4. Steven Weinberg 5. Lawrence Krauss 6. Matt D…
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Bart Ehrman: Personal Beliefs Interview
[7:45] Bart provided Scott Burdick an opportunity for a short interview about his personal beliefs and religious expe…
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Dan Dennett: Dangerous memes
[17:24] Starting with the simple tale of an ant, philosopher Dan Dennett unleashes a devastating salvo of ideas, makin…
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Christopher Hitchens on the Origin of Religion
[6;25] Hitch points out that even if arguments for god are sound (they aren’t), the conclusion that Christianit…
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Daniel Dennett: Information, Evolution, and intelligent Design
[1:01:44] Daniel Dennett explores the first steps towards a unified theory of information, through common threads in …
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Daniel Dennett & Steven Pinker: Unlearning Violence
[1:41;55] As part of the February 2014 conference, “Unlearning Violence: Evidence and Policies for Early Chil…
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David Voas: Why there is no way back for religion in the West
[15:53] Religion is in decline across the Western world. Whether measured by belonging, believing, participation in …
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The Self: A Necessary Illusion?
[3:47] Would humans be better off without a concept of the self? Many of our most lauded virtues–generosity, com…
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