Monthly Archives: February 2011

Sam Harris: “Firmware” To Upgrade Your Ethics

This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series Sam Harris's Moral Landscape

Melissa commented concerning Sam Harris: I’m not sure whether you’ve seen this article: http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2011/02/07/3131377.htm but Sam Harris spells out exactly how he sees the future. However, some people were not ready for this earthly paradise once it arrived. Some were psychopaths who, despite enjoying the general change in quality of life, were nevertheless eager to …

February 7, 2011 – 7:37 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Ethics, New Atheism | Comments Off

“A Real Science of Mind – NYTimes.com”

Via Bill Vallicella, Tyler Burge on neuro-pseudoscience: Imagine that reports of the mid-20th-century breakthroughs in biology had focused entirely on quantum mechanical interactions among elementary particles. Imagine that the reports neglected to discuss the structure or functions of DNA. Inheritance would not have been understood. The level of explanation would have been wrong. Quantum mechanics …

February 6, 2011 – 5:41 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Comments (3)

The World’s A Ship On Its Passage Out, and the Pulpit Is Its Prow

From Moby Dick by Melville, Chapter 8, describing the chapel at New Bedford: Nor was the pulpit itself without a trace of the same sea-taste that had achieved the ladder and the picture. Its panelled front was in the likeness of a ship’s bluff bows, and the Holy Bible rested on a projecting piece of …

February 5, 2011 – 3:06 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Arts and Culture, The Faith | Comments (1)

Ebooks

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February 4, 2011 – 9:44 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in | Comments (0)

Blog Available On Kindle

I’ve just added this blog to the Kindle store, as a convenience for anyone who prefers to read it that way. The subscription is $1.99/month—a price that Amazon sets, not me—with a 14-day trial period for new subscriptions. I’ve also snuck a link in over at the sidebar for an item I’ll be announcing for …

February 3, 2011 – 9:53 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Unfiled | Comments Off

How to Pray for Egypt

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150139766129924&id=53040245168 Posted from my mobile phone

February 3, 2011 – 7:50 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Deep Social Change, Islam, Prayer | Comments Off

Kids Need Worldview, Too

Kids need worldview, too, and here’s an outstanding teaching resource for them.

February 2, 2011 – 10:03 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Knowing God, The Faith, Thinking Christianly | Comments Off

“Inspired by actual events”

Too believable: http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/2011/inspired-by-actual-events/ It’s not that all atheists are that way. This is not a grand statement about skeptics. It’s true for many, though. (Posted from my mobile phone)

February 2, 2011 – 7:52 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in New Atheism | Comments (7)