Bnonn Tennant (the B is silent)

Where a recovering ex-atheist skewers things with a sharp two-edged sword

New atheism & child psychology

Why do new atheists form beliefs, and argue for them, in the same way as my four year old son?

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Skeptics and the Dunning-Kruger effect

“…people are unaware of their incompetence, innocent of their ignorance. Where they lack skill or knowledge, they greatly overestimate their expertise and talent, thinking they are doing just fine when, in fact, they are doing quite poorly.”

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True Reason

★★★★☆ A decisive demolition of New Atheism’s “monopoly on reason”.

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Sam Harris’ Moral Landscape, challenged

A refutation of Sam Harris’ book, The Moral Landscape, in 956 words.

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Why do atheists think prayer studies prove anything?

How could any educated person think that prayer studies have a hope of being scientific, let alone of producing meaningful results?

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