Philosophy

A few days ago, I published the article "Nothing Will Make You Happy," which introduced readers to a controversial claim made...

I live from paycheck-to-paycheck. I don't make a lot of money. I don't own a lot of useful things - mostly...

"I like sex." Not a lot of Filipinos can make such a statement in public without feeling a little bit of...

In my youth, I have dabbled a bit in the study of human attraction. I've always been fascinated with how complex...

"The goal towards which the pleasure principle impels us - of becoming happy - is not attainable: yet we may not...

The site Jezebel reports that a week ago, a man has slashed a woman's neck after she refused to talk to...

If a person wants to take openness to new ideas to its logical conclusion, she will not end up being gullible or credulous. Rather, she will be a skeptic. True open-mindedness is not the same as accepting assertions without critical consideration. In fact, believing claims without being critical of them results in having a closed mind.

This week, we talk with author and founder of The Skeptics Society, Michael Shermer. We discuss whether God is dying, atheism vs skepticism, and why smart people believe in strange things.

This week, we talk with Dan Barker, co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. We ask him about being a former pastor, about secularism, what he thinks about Pope Francis, and about being a secular musician.

Conversations for a Cause is a series of interviews with celebrity freethinkers, part of an online donation drive to support ongoing Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) relief and rehabilitation efforts.