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The God Delusion: The Roots of Religion and Morality (Chapters 5 & 6) 3

Oct

8

2018

This post is part of a series on The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. The previous post was The Anthropic Principle and Boltzmann Brains (Chapters 3 & 4) and the next post is Are The Bible and Religion Poisons To Society? (Chapters 7 & 8). In continuing my discussion of Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion, ...

Epistemology: 3 – A baseline epistemology (Part II)

Sep

30

2018

In this video, I continue building out a baseline epistemology (i.e. one we probably can all agree on) by discussing Critical vs Naive Realism and why I think there are no true contradictions.

Epistemology: 2 – A baseline epistemology (Part I)

Sep

24

2018

In this video, I give an outline of the entire series on epistemology as well as start building a baseline epistemology we can (probably) all agree on using concepts such as “I think therefore I am,” Realism, and Occam’s Razor.

Epistemology: 1 – What it is and why it matters

Sep

9

2018

In this video, I dig into what epistemology is, why it matters, and even tell a joke along the way. Who knew I had such talents.

The God Delusion: The Anthropic Principle and Boltzmann Brains (Chapters 3 & 4) 2

Dec

18

2017

This post is part of a series on The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. The previous was Respect, Burden of Proof, and Spaghetti (Chapters 1 & 2) and the next post covers The Roots of Religion and Morality (Chapters 5 & 6). Hello again, and sorry for the delay. The biggest reasons for it were a ...

The God Delusion: Respect, Burden of Proof, and Spaghetti (Chapters 1 & 2) 4

Nov

6

2017

This post is part of a series on The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. The previous post was an introduction on bias, and the next post is The Anthropic Principle and Boltzmann Brains (Chapters 3 & 4). In my last post, I set the stage for discussing The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. I’m planning ...

On Bias 6

Oct

25

2017

Hi there. It’s been a while since I’ve done a philosophical post, but all the more reason to jump back in! After my debate with Manny, and subsequent reading of the book he recommended, Bart Ehrman’s How Jesus Became God, I’ve been on a bit of a theism vs atheism kick, and decided to read probably ...