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Adam Frank (University of Rochester, The Constant Fire, Reality Base) and Eliezer Yudkowsky (Singularity Institute, Less Wrong)
- Adam’s new book, “The Constant Fire” . 00:17
- Spiritual experience vs. scriptural dogmatism . 05:51
- Religion’s alleged sense of transcendent wonder . 18:07
- Adam vs. Eliezer on whether to completely abandon religion . 23:55
- Mysteries of quantum mechanics . 43:46
- Is the pursuit of spiritual experience just too self-centered? . 50:22
Recorded:Mar 13
Posted:Mar 22, 2009
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Bloggingheads.tv | Mar 22, 2009 | Adam Frank & Eliezer Yudkowsky
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