Ian Harris: The Skeptic Comedian

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🗓️ 13 March 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

California comedian and atheist Ian Harris joins Seth Andrews to talk about atheism, skepticism, religion, and the punchlines that come with them.

Ian's website: http://www.ianharriscomedian.com

VIDEO of this interview: https://youtu.be/2prKW66Q5Is

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0:00.0	Okay, here we go. The step-by-three, two, one, action!
0:06.4	Assume nothing.
0:08.3	Rash ball face blasphemy.
0:10.5	Question. Everything.
0:12.3	Find it extremely hard to imagine. Open your eyes.
0:16.4	It is quite all right to be an atheist.
0:18.6	The fastest growing group of people in the country
0:21.0	has been measured as being those who have no belief
0:23.4	or who are atheists.
0:24.9	You don't have to be apologetic or quiet about it.
0:27.3	Challenge the opposition.
0:28.9	You see religion on a hundred fronts losing the argument.
0:32.8	And start thinking.
0:37.8	This is the thinking atheist worldwide.
0:44.5	It's this old saying that perception is reality.
0:49.1	Except we now know that that saying is complete crap, right?
0:53.4	Perception and reality can be universes apart.
0:56.7	Our brains can be tricked.
0:58.6	Pretty easily.
1:00.2	Far beyond religious beliefs, our brains work really quickly.
1:04.2	They often fill in blanks.
1:05.7	And sometimes they fill in those blanks incorrectly.
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