Sam Harris fearlessly describes a moral and intellectual emergency precipitated by religious fantasies--misguided beliefs that create suffering, that rationalize violence, that have endangered our nation and our future. His argument for the morality, the honesty, and the humility of atheism is galvanizing. It is a relief that someone has spoken so frankly, with such passion yet such rationality. Now when the subject arises, as it inevitably does, I can simply say: Read Sam Harris’ Letter to a Christian Nation.
The simpler the insight, the more profound the conclusion. - Janna Levin
The simpler the insight, the more profound the conclusion.
- Janna Levin
Sam Harris fearlessly describes a moral and intellectual emergency precipitated by religious fantasies--misguided beliefs that create suffering, that… - Janna Levin
Sam Harris fearlessly describes a moral and intellectual emergency precipitated by religious fantasies--misguided beliefs that create suffering, that…
There are faint stars in the night sky that you can see, but only if you look to the side of where they shine. They burn too weakly or are too far aw… - Janna Levin
There are faint stars in the night sky that you can see, but only if you look to the side of where they shine. They burn too weakly or are too far aw…
I think there's a certain lyricism in the telling of a scientific story. - Janna Levin
I think there's a certain lyricism in the telling of a scientific story.
It would be kind of magical if we were just happening to be able to see right to some boundary and then something crazy happened beyond that, like ga… - Janna Levin
It would be kind of magical if we were just happening to be able to see right to some boundary and then something crazy happened beyond that, like ga…
I don't believe that math and nature respond to democracy. Just because very clever people have rejected the role of the infinite, their collective o… - Janna Levin
I don't believe that math and nature respond to democracy. Just because very clever people have rejected the role of the infinite, their collective o…
Topology and number theory are my faves. - Janna Levin
Topology and number theory are my faves.
To see some truths you must stand outside and look in. - Janna Levin
To see some truths you must stand outside and look in.
What we see of the universe is vast. We know that the universe is something like 90 billion light-years across. - Janna Levin
What we see of the universe is vast. We know that the universe is something like 90 billion light-years across.
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