RE: Atheist activism of 2006 compared to today
September 2, 2017 at 12:04 am
(This post was last modified: September 2, 2017 at 12:10 am by Edwardo Piet.)
(September 1, 2017 at 7:26 pm)Brian37 Wrote: I graduated HS in 1985.
Hmmm. So when I was about -3 then.
(September 1, 2017 at 7:26 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Harris, well the only thing I don't like about him is his Buddhism fetish.
Meh. His Buddhism is secular so that doesn't bother me.
It's the approving of transphobic right-winged idiots that bothers me.
Quote:Dennett, to be honest, I haven't read anything of his yet, although I did meet him at the convention at a bus stop.
Well, let's put it this way. He likes to ignore subjects by redefining them completely and then pretend he's addressed them. He does it with both consciousness and free will. He thinks he purifies those subjects... but all he does is use a different definition to everyone else (with consciousness. With free will he uses the definition that the compatabilists use.... and they're subject dodgers too. He likes to apply that subject dodging approach to all subjects). Which by definition means he didn't even address the original definition. Which would be fine if he didn't think that the other side is wrong and that there's actually something to debate if he's not even addressing the same thing.
