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Reason and Religion: Odd Couple Redux
Reza Aslan and Sam Harris discuss religion and reason.
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Book Review: Bhaskara's Lilavati - "Say, lovely woman, the number of bees"
Is math dirty? Bhaskaracharya's Lilavati gets it right.
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Thomas Barnett: Mapping The Next Neo-Snafu
Late night thoughts on listening to Thomas Barnett's blueprint for the future.
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When Prayers Attack
A recent study by Benson et al. suggests other people's prayers for your welfare could be harmful to your health.
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Wafa Sultan - Rebel, Heretic or Outcast?
Dr. Wafa Sultan shakes up the Muslim world on Al-Jazeera.
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Abu Ghraib: Gazing Into The Abyss
For his As I Please column, George Orwell wrote an essay on an Abu-Ghraib type photo just after World War II. Some thoughts.
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How the Buddha became a Catholic Saint
Perhaps because stories come from people, they are also a bit like people. Stories too have origins, names, moods and shapes. And like people, stories may spread out far from their origins, shifting names, generating other stories which then begin their own migrations. This is the (true) story of how the Sakyamuni Buddha — the "standard" Buddha — ended up becoming an official Catholic saint.
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