Robin Hanson thinks religion is here to stay. Why?: Systems often get locked into standards. For example, computer systems get locked into programming language and operating system standards. When people notice that existing standards have unsatisfactory features, they often try to create and promote alternate standards. Such attempts usually fail, however, due to the large [...]
Category Archives: atheism
Atheism isn’t a religion, but it is a brand
Posted by Chris Hallquist on August 16, 2011
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I’m going to start by quoting from the post (by Ian Pollock) that I linked to in my previous post: I know somebody who knows somebody who is a monarchist. No really, that’s what he is. He even introduces himself that way, I’m told: “Hi, I’m Carl (or whatever his name is) the Monarchist.” Now [...]
Atheist groups
Posted by Chris Hallquist on August 12, 2011
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If you read blogs like Pharyngula, you’ll occasionally see debates about what atheists or “skeptics” as a class should do. Recent example of the “skepticism” variety here. And there’s something these debates often seem to miss: “atheist” groups do a lot of different stuff. I’m going to keep this short because I’m in San Diego [...]
Against “feminism”
Posted by Chris Hallquist on July 8, 2011
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Luke Muehlhauser tells a story: I remember the day I first heard the word “feminism.” I was pretty old; maybe 13. I asked, “Mom, what does feminism mean?” My mom said something like, “It’s the view that women should have the same rights as men do.” I looked at her, perplexed. “They have a word [...]
Atheism is just thinking there aren’t any gods
Posted by Chris Hallquist on June 24, 2011
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Andyman writes: Also, if there is one criticism of atheism I see too often its that naturalism is, apparently incoherent. It would be great if you could explore this a little bit more, as I’ve seen far more theists attack naturalism than actually defend their own arguments. I’m probably only going to do one post [...]