How Rationality Made Us: A Conversation with Steven Pinker, PhD
Rabbi Mitelman and Professor Steven Pinker discuss rationality, religion and the evolution of morality around them.
Posts tagged with ‘Atheism’
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What If We Stopped Fanning the Flames?
This interview between Isaac Alderman and Chris Cotter highlights the aspects of the science/religion debate that are particular to America.
Science, Religion and Emerging Adults
Is science driving emerging adults from religion? Our Sinai and Synapses Fellows discuss.
God as a “Scientific Object”
We need to keep rethinking what we believe about God based on new ideas and new experiences.
A Computer Model of Atheism?
The Modeling Religion Project at the Center for Mind and Culture in Boston uses computer simulations to refine and compare theories of religion, cognition, and culture.
“The Genius of Good and Evil” – A Conversation with Michael Shermer at the 92nd St. Y
As part of the 92nd St. Y’s “7 Days of Genius” Festival, get to the very heart of right and wrong with Professor Michael Shermer and Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman on “The Genius of Good and Evil.”
Why We Should Value — But Not Worship — Reason
A “reasonable” person killed three people — and that fact should scare any of us who think pure rationality can make our world better.
Why I’m an Agnostic Theist
Atheism and agnosticism are almost totally independent of each other — and in fact, many Jews (myself included) would likely self-identify as “agnostic theists.”
God as a “Scientific Object”
We hold certain beliefs, including beliefs about God — in particular, who or what God is (or is not) and how God acts (or doesn’t act) in the world. But what doesn’t happen often enough — whether someone is a fundamentalist, an atheist, or anything in between — is a willingness to rethink what we believe about God based on new ideas and new experiences.
Does Religion Make Your Brain Happy? An Interview with Science Writer David DiSalvo
Many of the things that make our brains happy are now more harmful than helpful. And some people place religion in that category, as well. Religion is like fatty foods, they claim — something we should outgrow and move beyond. But I think the better question is, what aspects of religion should we try to outgrow?
