Tag: Sam Harris | Page 2 | Science and Culture Today

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Date
October 23, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Alister McGrath, Christianity, faith and science, Judaism, Michael Ruse, New Atheism, Sam Harris, Sy Garte}

Richard Dawkins, the Unlikely Evangelist

_{Science & Culture
October 23, 2024

Evolution, Faith & Science

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As a recent book of essays demonstrates, the once much-vaunted new atheism spurred many thinking people to become Christians. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 30, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Tagged
, Antony Flew, anxiety, atheism, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, depression, Huffington Post, Professor Dave, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, suicide, The Atlantic, There Is a God}

Not with a Bang: How the New Atheism Fizzled

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 30, 2024

Bioethics, Biology, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning

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It didn’t help that Hitchens and Dennett are deceased. But what’s significant is that they were not replaced. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
August 7, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, C.S. Lewis, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, David Klinghoffer, Denis Noble, Douglas Axe, Jerry Coyne, materialism, Neo-Darwinism, New Atheists, Normal Science, panpsychism, paradigm shift, post-truth, Professor Dave, PZ Myers, Royal Society, Sam Harris, scientism, spiritualism, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, Third Way of Evolution, vitalism, Zeitgeist}

Is This a Paradigm Shift?

_{Daniel Witt
August 7, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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Something is changing. Here are more thoughts on the “tipping point” in dissent from neo-Darwinism. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
May 1, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Science Education
Tagged
, Alvin Plantinga, atheism, Bible, C.S. Lewis, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Christopher Hitchens, cultural Christianity, Daniel Dennett, documentary, education, ENCODE, Europe, faith and science, Gary Habermas, Islam, James Shapiro, john lennox, Lawrence Krauss, mathematician, natural selection, New Atheism, North America, Old Testament, Oxford University, Pandora’s box, philosophers, Richard Dawkins, River Out of Eden, Sam Harris, Satan, scientific materialism, Scripture, The Design Inference, The God Delusion, Vaccines, William Graham, woke ideology}

Dawkins the New Cultural Christian

_{William A. Dembski
May 1, 2024

Evolution, Faith & Science, Science Education

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What Richard Dawkins seems not to have realized — or perhaps now is realizing too late — is that scientific materialism is the suicide of reason. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 22, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Chemistry
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, behavior, belief, brains, choice, Clarence Darrow, Darwinian evolution, faith, free will, human beings, Jerry Coyne, Ludwig Wittgenstein, materialists, meaning, philosophers, physiology, Politics, rain, Robert Sapolsky, Sam Harris}

Reply to Free Will Deniers: Show Me

_{Michael Egnor
February 22, 2024

Bioethics, Chemistry, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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If you carelessly dent a genuine free will denier’s car in a parking lot, he wouldn’t hold you responsible any more than he’d hold your car responsible. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 13, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, atheism, Brights, cancel culture, Charles Darwin, Christopher Hitchens, corpses, Daniel Dennett, Darwinism, Dave Farina, Ernst Mayr, John West, New Atheism, private truth, Professor Dave, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, social justice, Stephen Jay Gould, toxic masculinity, YouTube videos}

Atheism’s Four Horsemen — Where Are They Now?

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 13, 2024

Bioethics, Evolution, Faith & Science

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"For example, I look at Pharyngula, which during its heyday was the biggest atheist blog on the Internet." Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
December 27, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, atheism, Being as Communion, belief, brain, ChatGPT4, consciousness, decision-making, determinism, free choice, free will, illusion, irony, mind, neuroscience, persuasion, reality, Sam Harris, The Design Inference, Winston Ewert, YouTube videos}

No. 6 Story of 2023: On Free Will, ChatGPT4 Blows Away Atheist Sam Harris

_{William A. Dembski
December 27, 2023

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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Yes, the irony here is palpable, and I’ve long been critical of Harris’s view of free will as an illusion. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
November 20, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, atheism, Being as Communion, belief, brain, ChatGPT4, consciousness, decision-making, determinism, free choice, free will, illusion, irony, mind, neuroscience, persuasion, reality, Sam Harris, The Design Inference, Winston Ewert, YouTube videos}

On Free Will, ChatGPT4 Blows Away Atheist Sam Harris

_{William A. Dembski
November 20, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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Rather than refute Harris by pointing out why his statement scores high on the irony meter, I thought I’d ask ChatGPT to do it for me. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 8, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anti-Semitism, atheism, Brown University, Christianity, college students, common sense, Dave Farina, Europe, evil, Gaza, genocide, Günter Bechly, Hamas, Holocaust, intelligent design, Israel, Jerry Coyne, Jews, Michael Shermer, Middle Ages, Middle East, Nazis, New Atheists, Nick Fuentes, Professor Dave Explains, Sam Harris, terrorism, Twitter, violence, Wall Street Journal, Why Evolution Is True, YouTube videos}

Professor Dave, Anti-Semite? You Be the Judge

_{David Klinghoffer
November 8, 2023

Bioethics, Intelligent Design

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What was unclear was whether his rage against intelligent design reflected just an isolated problem in his thinking, or whether it’s something more system-wide. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 7, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, brain, Dan Falk, Determined (book), determinism, evolution, Free Agents, humans, Jerry Coyne, Kevin Mitchell, livestock, materialists, Michael Egnor, Nautilus, neuroscientists, paramecium, Robert Sapolsky, Sabine Hossenfelder, Sam Harris, Stanford University, totalitarianism}

Could Evolution Give Us Free Will?

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 7, 2023

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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From one corner we learn that free will could possibly exist, provided that it is materialized or, if you like “evolutionized.” Read More ›