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Teapot Agnostics and PEARL Nerdfighters

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Teapot Agnostics and PEARL Nerdfighters

For the nerdfighters who have taken up the logical idea of Teapot and/or PEARL. Reality for the win.

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Members: 93
Latest Activity: Aug 26, 2012

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Dr. Dino 3 Replies

Started by Lombardian. Last reply by The Hunt Sep 23, 2009.

PEARL Book/Video Club 7 Replies

Started by Andrew. Last reply by Betsy C. Jun 13, 2009.

How Should We Deal With Anti-Reason? 7 Replies

Started by QuantumTuba. Last reply by Richard (T.A.F.K.A.T) Apr 4, 2009.

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Comment by XOX on September 19, 2009 at 5:11am
Just read this online. Functional Neuroimaging of Belief, Disbelief, and Uncertainty by Sam Harris. (http://www.samharris.org/images/uploads/Harris_Sheth_Cohen.pdf) I want so to participate in similar study.
Comment by Andrew on September 19, 2009 at 5:00am
@The Hunt

Dude, that sucks! I would kill to have him lecture me.
I feel the burn my friend.
Comment by Bri Burke :D on September 18, 2009 at 6:19pm
@The Hunt
You fail at life.
Comment by The Hunt on September 17, 2009 at 9:20am
Richard Dawkins is doing a lecture at my university in a few weeks but I missed the chance to get a ticket for it. I'm rather gutted.
Comment by Andrew on June 23, 2009 at 3:27pm
The god delusion is a have to read on pain of death sort of thing. Richard dawkins is the best Teapot agnostic there is.
Comment by Andrew on June 23, 2009 at 1:49pm
Who hasn't read the God Delusion? A book made of anti-lie awesome!
Comment by Albi (Hayden) on June 23, 2009 at 8:31am
"The God Delusion" Richard Dawkins read it.
Comment by Andrew on May 27, 2009 at 9:17am
Wow, this group has become so inactive lately.
Comment by shmaller on April 11, 2009 at 1:25am
Aha, interesting. Thanks for the lack of sarcasm.
Comment by CG on April 11, 2009 at 12:42am
I had to look it up too, shmaller:

"it originated from an analogy by Bertrand Russell which centers on the philosopher's views on the existence of God. If I were to claim that there were a tiny tea pot orbiting mars, that was so small that it couldn't be seen, but I could prove with an ancient book that had been translated and edited thousands of times, the burden of proof would still be on me to prove that it existed, not on the skeptics. That isn't true however with religion. A tea pot agnostic is an atheist in the sense that he doesn't believe God exists, but can't prove that he doesn't. Just like I can't prove that there isn't a tea pot orbiting mars, I can't prove there isn't a god. I give the possibility of their existence equal merit."
 

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