A quick post because i'm snowed under with project work at the mo, i'll write about them after i've actually finished them! But in the meanwhile i thought i'd post a link to a fascinating Richard Dawkin's interview with Derren Brown, two people I admire immensely.
Comment 18 below the video is pretty much exactly (apart from the religion bit, I'm not from a religious background at all) how I stumbled into skepticism and critical thinking:
'It was Derrens' book, that I assumed would be all about mental tricks and secrets, that actually started me on my trip out of religion. Exactly because it superficially didn't look like a book about scepticism, but about magic.In fact looking at his book now, it seems almost obviously engineered to teach scepticism of religion etc.From this book I read The God Delusion that was recommended in it and here I am now.'
Couldn't have said it better myself! Enjoy :)
Comment 18 below the video is pretty much exactly (apart from the religion bit, I'm not from a religious background at all) how I stumbled into skepticism and critical thinking:
'It was Derrens' book, that I assumed would be all about mental tricks and secrets, that actually started me on my trip out of religion. Exactly because it superficially didn't look like a book about scepticism, but about magic.In fact looking at his book now, it seems almost obviously engineered to teach scepticism of religion etc.From this book I read The God Delusion that was recommended in it and here I am now.'
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