Media Interviews and Appearances
Author Sam Harris joins plot to have Pope arrested
By MARC HOME May 16, 2010.
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Sam Harris has launched an appeal to fund a legal bid to have the Pope arrested when he visits Britain.
Belief in the Brain: Sacred and secular ideas engage identical areas
Allison Bond February 17, 2010.
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Religious belief may seem to be a unique psychological experience, but a growing body of research shows that thinking about religion is no different from thinking about secular things—at least from the standpoint of the brain.
This study was funded, in part, by Project Reason.
Religion: The heart believes what it will, but the brain behaves the same either way
Melissa Healy October 1, 2009.
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Religious believers may seem to share little with nonbelievers when it comes to thinking and judgment. But a new study by UCLA researchers finds that both Christians and nonbelievers use the same parts of the brain when asked to label articles of religious faith as true or false. A report summarizing the study is published today in PLoS ONE.
This study was funded, in part, by Project Reason.
Let’s Talk About God
By Lisa Miller May 27, 2009.
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The atheist writers Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens have presented us with a choice: either you don’t believe in God or you’re a dope.
How much reason do you want?
By Philip Ball May 17, 2009.
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The ‘war’ between science and religion is stuck in a rut. Can we change the record now, asks Philip Ball?
