Who Are We? We may think we know the answer to this question, but there are possibilities we haven’t considered. For example, we may think that our we are inside our bodies, but perhaps that’s wrong. Why do we end where our bodies do? Continue reading Who Are We?
Monthly Archives: June 2015
Religion Without God
I recently read an article from the New York Times by the Stanford anthropologist, T. M. Luhrmann. She begins by noting that her family will go to church on Christmas. There is nothing unusual about this except that Luhrmann will attend a Unitarian church. Continue reading Religion Without God
The Unbearable Lightness of Being and Alternative Lives
“There is no means of testing which decision is better, because there is no basis for comparison. We live everything as it comes, without warning, like an actor going on cold. Continue reading The Unbearable Lightness of Being and Alternative Lives
My New Book on Human Nature
I have just published a new book, Who Are We?: Religious, Philosophical, Scientific and Transhumanist Theories Of Human Nature
Critics of “Religion’s Smart-People Problem”
A few months ago I published a piece in the online journal Salon entitled “Religion’s Smart-People Problem.” It generated over 2,500 comments on the site and had over 66,000 facebook shares. I thought my readers might be interested in hearing from some of my most vociferous critics. Continue reading Critics of “Religion’s Smart-People Problem”