Have assembled at Salto sobrius. Go forth and partake at the Carnival of the Godless 50.
In other news, I bought the new Dawkins book, The God Delusion. It's a captivating book in the usual Dawkins' style. This time, he's out not to educate but to eradicate. Eradicate that delusion called religion. Delusion, incidentally, is a clinical state. A pathology. Dawkins talks about the choice of the title in the preface.
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Mind Hacks covers an article in the Financial Times about delusions and how brain damage affects cognition:
Over at Effect Measure, Revere takes a few shots at Matt Nisbet:
Delusions are pathological beliefs which persist despite clear evidence that they are actually false. They can vary widely in content, but are always characterized by the absolute certainty with which they are held.
Over at Mind Hacks, Vaughan discusses a fascinating new paper on how psychotic delusions take on different manifestations over time: