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Jeffrey Shallit
Recurrent thoughts about mathematics, science, politics, music, religion, and
Recurrent thoughts about mathematics, science, politics, music, religion, and
Recurrent thoughts about mathematics, science, politics, music, religion, and
Recurrent thoughts about ....
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Jeffrey Shallit
American mathematician, professor of computer science at a major Canadian university, & skeptic.
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Recursivity
Blog Archive
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2006
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February
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- A Birthday Puzzle
- Larry Witham: ID Flack
- Christian Grad Student Fails to Prove Discrimination
- D'Oh(n): The Simpsons and Mathematics
- A Headline We Never See
- Why Intelligent Design Fails Available in Paperback
- Courses Have Consequences
- Does the God of the Bible Exist? - A Debate Report
- Tucson - Day 5
- Tucson - Day 4
- Tucson - Day 3 - Interview with Steve Smale
- Tucson - Day 2
- Tucson - Day 1
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February
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2 comments:
There was plenty of slaughtering among rival factions of communism. Of course, one could argue that communism is a religion that just happens to call itself atheistic.
Paul Nelson made the same point to me in e-mail.
However, I think both of you are missing one point. Agnostics (as opposed to atheists) don't have the same motivation to slaughter based on their world view because they hold a belief in uncertainty: that it is, in principle, not possible to decide either way on the existence of gods.
It's those who are absolutely certain -- whether theist or atheist -- that we have the most to fear from.
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