Monthly Archives: March 2010

Science can answer moral questions

Sam Harris has made an excellent albeit a bit short TED talk about science and moral questions:

He naturally got a lot of negative critique for this talk. He is not claiming that science can dictate morals exactly, what he is saying is that there are moral truths to be known.  The fact that science has no complete explanation for reality, does not prevent the existence of scientific truths, as does not the lack of a scientific model for morals prevent there from being any moral truths.

Sam Harris has posted a response to the critique here:
Moral confusion in the name of “science”

Does God Get Diarrhea?

Does God Get Diarrhea?I came across this book on a forum and since it was available for download at the time, I decided to have a look at it. As expected this book is not for the weak, and especially not the weak religious type. It is deliberately written to provoke the religious, but that said, it is damned funny for those of us who doesn’t care. The arguments provided in the book are still good ones, and he makes several good points about the silliness of religion.

Worth reading for both it’s comedy-value and for its insights into the case of Christianity.

Official website: www.doesgodgetdiarrhea.com