The Magic Sandwich Show with Andy Thomson - 8 January 2012 - Part 4

Some of the links referred to in this programme (more to follow):


Andy Thomson's book, "Why we believe in god(s)":
http://www.jandersonthomson.com/why-we-believe-in-gods/


The paper being discussed in part 1:
http://www.pnas.org/content/106/51/21533.full.pdf+html


Gary Marcus's book, Kluge
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/054723824X/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486...


Daniel Kahneman's book Thinking, Fast and Slow.
http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0374275637/ref=sr...

Both deal with how our brains have a quick, reflexive part that is the dominant response, and a slower, reflective part, that contains our abilities for rational thinking. However the latter is lazy and ruled by the fast, instinctive, belief-generating part. Both are brief and well written.


Nicholas Humphrey's essay that makes the case for why children should be protected from religious indoctrination:
http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/humphrey/amnesty.html




Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onsfElsiH64

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHqKQ3WC1nc

Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzuJiHEs3vY

Part 4
http://youtu.be/Ho1PTkD3hSI

Part 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdYvQHI4Be4

Part 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BlELXpIoG4

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[MrOttopants]

What we need to do is get a conservative to name 5 immoral acts that are happening today in secular society. After they do that, we can go back to the bible and remove all examples of that immoral behavior.

I suspect that we will be removing a significant percentage of the bible.

[MrOttopants]

I always travel by volcano. What kind of parabola do you need to have in order for something to shoot that far? Would it necessarily be in outer space?

[daemonowner]

@C0nc0rdance We can't, Christopher Hitchens just died. If ever there was a better writer to contribute to such a Bible.

[NativeAlternative]

20:57 This is exactly why I find it laughable that athiests, whether they be outspoken on youtube or not, still try and debate with Shock. Unless you tracked the assclown down in real life and confronted him about his positions, it's never going to be a fair debate (not even really a debate at all), you're just giving him undue attention that accomplishes nothing.

[Forserean]

yeah shock did me too

[Shyhalu]

@O2BSoLucky he subbed you so he can follow you around and post garbage after you make a comment.

[O2BSoLucky]

I'm not a big Youtuber so I think ShockofGod is a weirdo for subbing to my channel. (I think I have 5 weirdo's subbed now!

How do you unsub someone subbed to your channel?

[NintendoFreak1992]

@DimmedDiamond I believe you mean analogies and not definitions.

[DimmedDiamond]

Concordance keeps coming up with terrible definitions.

'You can't definitely prove that my computer wont float away'. That's a terrible definition. His understanding of the word of prove/verified/ etc isn't a practical definition.

[Knightyme]

Dont be silly, the Koalas landed in water after their Inter continental flight.

This is why they no longer drink water directly, as they had enough from landing in it and having to swim to shore.

:P