He loves to point out (correctly) that the internet is full of morons, but he does seem narrowly focused on CS. I was hoping his reading list would be more enlightening. I was looking for some philosophers (other than Dawkins) or even math. Math, because it's close to my heart and I could respect it. Philosophy because it is my heart, and genuinely broadens my world view. Like that Socrates quote: "the unquestioned life is hardly worth living."
I reject the Dawkins mention on the grounds that Linus is alread
It might suprise you to know that not all atheists read Dawkins. We don't need people like Dawkins to tell us what to think. It's all pretty obvious if you read about science and use your own brain. If you just read and parrot Dawkins you're not any better than a Christian parroting the bible.
I did read Bertrand Russel's "Why I am not a Christian", but that's because Russel is awesome. And I read Dennett's "Consciousness Explained" but that's not about atheism. It's entirely possible to be a modern atheist without touching the "New Atheism" literature.
sadly funny (Score:0, Troll)
He loves to point out (correctly) that the internet is full of morons, but he does seem narrowly focused on CS. I was hoping his reading list would be more enlightening. I was looking for some philosophers (other than Dawkins) or even math. Math, because it's close to my heart and I could respect it. Philosophy because it is my heart, and genuinely broadens my world view. Like that Socrates quote: "the unquestioned life is hardly worth living."
I reject the Dawkins mention on the grounds that Linus is alread
Re:sadly funny (Score:2)
It might suprise you to know that not all atheists read Dawkins. We don't need people like Dawkins to tell us what to think. It's all pretty obvious if you read about science and use your own brain. If you just read and parrot Dawkins you're not any better than a Christian parroting the bible.
I did read Bertrand Russel's "Why I am not a Christian", but that's because Russel is awesome. And I read Dennett's "Consciousness Explained" but that's not about atheism. It's entirely possible to be a modern atheist without touching the "New Atheism" literature.