Daily Archives: May 13, 2010

A Great Quote on Theory Sludge

This quote comes from Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, writing in the New York Times Book Review recently: The study of literature as an art form, of its techniques for delighting and instructing, has been replaced by an amalgam of bad epistemology … Continue reading

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How many Americans call themselves either atheist or agnostic?

Actually, the number—at least according to a Pew poll of about 35,000 Americans from three years ago—is pretty small: just 4% (1 out of every 20 Americans). The religiously unaffiliated total is 16.1%, but most of the unaffiliated nevertheless profess to be believers … Continue reading

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