http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-demon-haunted-world-science-as-a-candle-in-the-dark Accelerating Intelligence Tue, 21 May 2013 08:00:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-demon-haunted-world-science-as-a-candle-in-the-dark/comment-page-1#comment-58687 Cybernettr Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:11:29 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=172269#comment-58687 I'm glad to see this on KurzweilAI, since Glenn Back asked Mr. Kurzweil if he had read this and he honestly confessed that he hadn't. I'll have to read this some day too! I’m glad to see this on KurzweilAI, since Glenn Back asked Mr. Kurzweil if he had read this and he honestly confessed that he hadn’t. I’ll have to read this some day too!

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-demon-haunted-world-science-as-a-candle-in-the-dark/comment-page-1#comment-57376 Mats Svensson Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:06:51 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=172269#comment-57376 If i owned a hotel chain, i would put this in every room instead of the bible. If i owned a hotel chain, i would put this in every room instead of the bible.

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-demon-haunted-world-science-as-a-candle-in-the-dark/comment-page-1#comment-57368 Rob Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:53:01 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=172269#comment-57368 I first came across this while I was in college. Great defense of science without lapsing into inchoate atheism. It's a shame that when it came down to brass tacks he didn't follow his own pronouncements. I first came across this while I was in college. Great defense of science without lapsing into inchoate atheism. It’s a shame that when it came down to brass tacks he didn’t follow his own pronouncements.

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-demon-haunted-world-science-as-a-candle-in-the-dark/comment-page-1#comment-57109 Tom Clement Tue, 27 Nov 2012 03:48:11 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=172269#comment-57109 I'm reading this now. I don't find it shrill, and I do find it interesting (so far). :) I’m reading this now. I don’t find it shrill, and I do find it interesting (so far). :)

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-demon-haunted-world-science-as-a-candle-in-the-dark/comment-page-1#comment-57002 GP Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:25:42 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=172269#comment-57002 I'm a big fan of Sagan (Cosmos was a formative part of my childhood) but I never liked this book. It's shrill and not very interesting. I’m a big fan of Sagan (Cosmos was a formative part of my childhood) but I never liked this book. It’s shrill and not very interesting.

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