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Religion as a Black Market for Irrationality

By Sam Harris March 10, 2012.

Print: The Washington Post

Sam Harris demonstrates how religious faith is a “perpetual motion machine of wishful thinking” in this 2007 article.

New England surpasses West Coast as least religious region in America, study finds

Joanna Lin March 15, 2009.

Los Angeles Times

New England surpasses West Coast as least religious region in America, study finds

‘Theory of mind’ explains belief in God

Andy Coghlan March 9, 2009.

NewScientist

Once we had evolved the necessary brain architecture, we could “do” religion, brain scans indicate.

A sceptical inquiry

Chris French March 9, 2009.

Guardian.co.uk

From Richard Dawkins to the atheist bus, critical thinking has made an unexpected return to popularity. Chris French, editor of the Skeptic magazine, wonders why