I've been getting caught up on
The Daily Show. Here are a couple of the more interesting segments. The first is "professional atheist" Sam Harris discussing the role of science in discussing morality. Awhile back I wrote this about Sam Harris:
I haven't read much of Sam Harris' work. I'm familiar enough with Hitchens to know that the guy is an opinionated jerk. I've read enough of Richard Dawkins, the biologist whom [journalist Chris] Hedges lumps in with these two, to know that he is not.
Militant Atheism
Now, I'd say that Hedges got it wrong about Sam Harris, too, at least if this segment is at all typical:
I can't think of any rational reason that this guy would be called a "militant" atheist, except that he's someone who is clearly willing to acknowledge that he is an atheist, and who is willing to discuss why he is one. That he is widely considered to be some sort of wild-eyed radical strikes me as another example of how moronic our public discourse has become.
Speaking of which, Lewis Black has a few things to say about the state of American public education these days:
If we're going to be stuck in a country where Tony Danza is qualified to teach English, at least we should be able to laugh about it.
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