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My Monthly Recommendation: Ancient Science Starter Kit

Richard Carrier — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:28:34 +0000

Every month I will write about something I recommend buying and why. I am an Amazon Associate, so if you click through the sales link in any of these recommendation blogs (like today’s), or indeed any article or page here at all, I will get a commission on everything in your cart when you check out (even if you […]

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Ross Douthat’s Worst Argument for God

Richard Carrier — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 21:00:40 +0000

I’ve written before about the recent decline of Christian apologetics (e.g. Addressing the New Christian Apologetics and Ben Shapiro’s Worst Argument for God and Another Two ‘Best’ Arguments for God?)—a trend that is illustrated by the enthusiastic revival of such antiquated and bumbling arguments as Undesigned Coincidences and Thomism: The Bogus Science. Ross Douthat of […]

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How Not to Be an Idiot: Lessons from Elon Musk

Richard Carrier — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 22:54:57 +0000

Elon Musk is an idiot. He has never accomplished anything by himself in his life and has no remarkable competencies. He could be the most incompetent person on the planet. Like most rich people, he’s just lucky. And Luck Matters More Than Talent. He fell ass-backwards into big money, and our system protects big money. […]

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My Monthly Recommendation: The Bible Unearthed and Jesus Interrupted

Richard Carrier — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 16:48:03 +0000

As I mentioned last month, with the loss of a family member our income took a hit. I’m so grateful for my Patreon supporters who ensure I will never employ paywalls or intrusive third party ads (so I always welcome more ongoing support there, or through PayPal for those who don’t like Patreon). And there are other […]

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Audiobook of Jesus from Outer Space? Now Available!

Richard Carrier — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 14:21:42 +0000

It’s been a long time coming. But finally I can say again that every book I have written is available in audio! But I won’t be able to say “all read by me” anymore. Jesus from Outer Space is now available in an Audible edition, read by KC Gleason. She does a fantastic job and […]

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The Evolution of Awe vs. The Aesthetic Argument for God

Richard Carrier — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 15:53:16 +0000

Over a decade ago I wrote my last update on the science of aesthetics and how it confirms naturalism over theism (“Musical Aesthetics”), building on and updating my argument from visual science in Sense and Goodness without God with a discussion of music science. I also there listed scientific surveys of other domains of aesthetic […]

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Defining Naturalism: The Definitive Account

Richard Carrier — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 22:13:10 +0000

Years ago I wrote on how ‘natural’ and ‘supernatural’ should be defined based on how those words are actually used in practice. And I developed from that a more useful ontology of naturalism and the supernatural, and a more apt scientific epistemology capable of detecting either. This began all the way back in 2003 with […]

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Think for Yourself!

Richard Carrier — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 14:51:32 +0000

A new show is out that has an extended interview of me (and adding others). Which reminded me to update my Videos Page (adding and subtracting and rearranging some things). So check out that page, and the new interview, on Think for Yourself! That’s mainly about two subjects: grief and moral philosophy for atheists, and […]

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I’m Now on Bluesky

Richard Carrier — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 14:42:18 +0000

I’ve been waiting to see which “alternative” social media would be both workable and gain enough traction to out-compete in membership all the others. The vote is in. I have now launched a presence on Bluesky (@richardcarrier.info). You can see the butterfly icon now in the right margin along with Facebook and TwiXter. Per my […]

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On Getting Confused by the Idea That Atheism Predicts Nothing

Richard Carrier — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 22:28:35 +0000

One of the most persistent reasons any Christian remains stuck in that delusion is that they are really bad at thinking their way out of any false position. Christians are prone to deciding what to believe based on groupthink, cult-think, and intuition (otherwise known as emotion in lieu of reason). But they are very good […]

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