"The problem with religion, because it's been sheltered from criticism, is that it allows people to believe en masse what only idiots or lunatics could...
You don't choose to choose what you choose in life!
~ Sam Harris ~
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"You can't take credit for your talents, but it matters that you use them. You can't really be blamed for your weaknesses, but it matters that you corr...
"Needless to say, there are people who hate Arabs, Somalis, and other immigrants from predominantly Muslim societies for racist reasons. But if you can...
"Ideas matter—and philosophy is the art of thinking about them rigorously. In my view, that should be done in as public a forum as possible.
"The problem of vindicating an omnipotent and omniscient God in the face of evil is insurmountable. Those who claim to have surmounted it, by recourse ...
"I don't think there's an interesting boundary between philosophy and science. Science is totally beholden to philosophy. There are philosophical assum...
"How can we be “free” as conscious agents if everything that we consciously intend is caused by events in our brain that we do not intend and of which ...
"Liberals tend to understand that a person can be lucky or unlucky in all matters relevant to his success. Conservatives, however, often make a religio...
"You are not controlling the storm, and you are not lost in it. You are the storm.
"We are not self-caused little gods.
"Losing a belief in free will has not made me fatalistic—in fact, it has increased my feelings of freedom. My hopes, fears, and neuroses seem less pers...
"Becoming sensitive to the background causes of one's thoughts and feelings can—paradoxically—allow for greater creative control over one's life. It is...
"It is generally argued that our experience of free will presents a compelling mystery: On the one hand, we can't make sense of it in scientific terms;...
"What evidence could possibly be put forward to show that one could have acted differently in the past?
"Atheism is not a philosophy; it is not even a view of the world; it is simply an admission of the obvious. In fact, 'atheism' is a term that should no...