tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638070692185897379.post6771937942856876592..comments2010-04-14T22:48:36.172-07:00Comments on Beyond science versus religion: FOUR GUYS AGAINST GOD: 7, DANIEL DENNETTDerek Bickertonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164347930159384876noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638070692185897379.post-47644733529484226332009-10-12T07:12:55.301-07:002009-10-12T07:12:55.301-07:00Aw, dang, wrong tab.Aw, dang, wrong tab.Ray Ingleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16290483120987779339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638070692185897379.post-44343654937083815572009-10-12T07:12:22.416-07:002009-10-12T07:12:22.416-07:00Huh, when you said "Christian Jokes" or ...Huh, when you said "Christian Jokes" or "NPR Jokes", I kind of assumed you meant things like "[ethnic] jokes", which those certainly were.<br /><br />If you want jokes by atheists for atheists, they're not <i>that</i> hard to find...<br /><br />http://viruscomix.com/page433.html<br />http://www.mrdeity.com/<br />http://www.youtube.com/v/tbK7p8eA7D4Ray Ingleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16290483120987779339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638070692185897379.post-87768113695718488712009-10-02T07:22:37.117-07:002009-10-02T07:22:37.117-07:00I haven't read "Breaking the Spell" ...I haven't read "Breaking the Spell" yet, but I think you'd get something out of David Sloan Wilson's books. I also haven't read "Darwin's Cathedral" yet, which is most focused on this topic, but I enjoyed "Evolution for Everyone", and it discussed the main themes there.<br /><br />In any case, the bias of humans toward seeing agency has, um, a bit more support than "a five-page article in a cognitive science journal". Consider: the maladies of paranoia and pronoia, where <i>everything</i> is seen as resulting from agency (malign or beneficial, respectively), is <i>vastly</i> more common than the delusion that nothing happens due to agency, that everything including what other people do is entirely chance.Ray Ingleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16290483120987779339noreply@blogger.com