Chris DiCarlo: “The ‘FAIR’ Machine Project”

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Veronica Abbass

In one of his posts about INR5, Jerry Coyne discusses Chris DiCarlo’s presentation at the event: Chris DiCarlo related the heartbreaking tale about how he had lost jobs and tenure by being an atheist—in Canada!—and proposed that we devise some kind of “fairness machine” that could make decisions without human bias. … Continue reading →

Harriet Hall @INR5

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Veronica Abbass

Harriet Hall’s talk at INR5 is entitled is “Religion Can Be Hazardous to your Health,” and one viewer of the video, Jan Djärv, calls it Upsetting stuff. Dr. Harriet A. Hall, MD is a retired family physician and former Air Force flight surgeon who writes about medicine, so-called complementary and alternative … Continue reading →

Lawrence Krauss @INR5

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Veronica Abbass

The talk Lawrence Krauss delivered at INR5 is entitled “A Journey to the Beginning of Time: Turning Metaphysics into Physics.” One commenter, David Ezzio, says, Another truly fascinating talk by Lawrence Krauss. I’ll have to watch it many more times to wrap my head around some of the things … Continue reading →

Jerry Coyne @INR5

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Veronica Abbass

Jerry Coyne entitled his post on the video of his presentation at INR5 “My INR5 Talk About Free Will—Or Rather, Our Lack of It.” Feel free to watch it:

“Science & Religion are NOT Compatible”

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Veronica Abbass

The video of Jerry Coyne’s talk at Imagine No Religion 4 (INR4), “Science & Religion are NOT Compatible,” is now available: