The Brick Wall Brain: Why Aren't Facts Changing Minds?

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The Thinking Atheist

Science, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 19 November 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

On October 27, 2024 in Knoxville, Seth Andrews gave a speech about beliefs, brains, and why data often doesn't make a dent. Here's the audio of that presentation.

VIDEO of this speech: https://youtu.be/Z4UJuQHYhWg

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Okay, here we got. Stand by. Three, two, one.
0:04.6	The thinking atheist. It's not a person. It's a symbol. An idea.
0:10.7	The population of atheists in this country is going through the room.
0:14.0	Rejecting faith. Pursuing knowledge. Challenging the sacred.
0:18.8	If I tell the truth, it's because I tell the truth.
0:22.6	Not because I put my hand on a book and made a wish.
0:25.6	And working together for a more rational world.
0:28.6	Take the risk of thinking for yourself.
0:30.6	Much more happiness, truth, beauty, and wisdom will come to you that way.
0:34.6	Assume nothing.
0:36.6	Question everything. Assume nothing.
0:38.9	Question everything.
0:41.2	And start thinking.
0:47.7	This is the Thinking Atheist podcast, hosted by Seth Andrews.
1:00.5	You know, of all the things that I get to do, and I'm just so honored to be able to do it,
1:07.9	I love hosting a show. I love being a part of this community, and I love the interaction of speaking in front of a live audience.
1:12.1	And I don't know how many speaking events I did this year is a lot.
1:19.6	And so you're about to hear the recording of a speech that I gave October 27th for the rationalists of East Tennessee.
1:23.1	And don't we know that Tennessee needs all the rationalists it can get?
1:27.2	Actually, the entire, actually the planet needs all the rationalists it can get? Actually the entire, actually
1:29.0	the planet needs all the rationalists that it can get. And they were so gracious to me. And so we all
1:34.8	got together and they made a cake for me to welcome me. And it had the thinking atheist logo on it.
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