Barry Belmont
This is from the Beyond Belief 2007 Conference, “Enlightenment 2.0.” It is an excellent source of views on secularism, atheism, religion, and science. The lecturers are world renowned and their lectures here are incredible – how they manage to squeeze so much information into such concise presentations is incredible.
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Dennett once again has a couple of good points, but it's detracted from by his unfortunate quality of being rather thick.
so why is he thick? Can you elaborate?
Daniel Dennett thick? Hah. This man is a genius and is made all the more genius by his ability to make deep and complex issues seem simple with simple language.
8:56 Hot chicks!
Dennett may have a valid point here. Compare the 'Gold army' he talks of, to the Kamikaze in WW2. They would happily die for their Emperor who may as well have been a "God".
this old bastards makes atheists look bad
I do enjoy reading Dan's books but lets face it he's not a great talker…his pauses and stalling can be very frustrating to watch!
I'm also distracted by the hot chicks in the audience at 8:56!
Negative, disrespectful Kmica makes himself look bad. Can he just go away?
I don't like this guys dictatorial, forceful approach. The public schools system is funded by the very people whose values he wishes to thwart, that's sick. This guy would have fit in with the Nazi SS.