Rozworld’s WebLog

Another Beyond Belief conference has come and gone. The central theme for this one was the Enlightenment, both in its history and whether or not we can ever have a second enlightenment. Some excellent lectures here. My favorites were from Jonathan Haidt and Patricia Churchland. Their talks about the sociological and neuropsychological basis of religion really made sense. The whole disagreement between Scott Atran and Sam Harris made for interesting moments.

http://thesciencenetwork.org/BeyondBelief2/

I just think this is the coolest idea. Carl Sagan once called science “A Candle light in the dark”. So this is a start in making that glow a little brighter. Now we can have a double tall mocha with whipped cream with that enlightening talk on solar neutrinos and nano technology. Now why didn’t I think of that!

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/12/science_cafe