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Michael Shermer's commencement address at Whittier College

Posted on: June 7, 2008 - 3:28am

Yellow_Number_Five

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Michael Shermer's commencement address at Whittier College

Pretty good. Better than what I got at any of my graduations anyway.

"The Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything"

http://www.whittier.edu/News/Articles/2008CommencementSpeech.aspx

I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world. - Richard Dawkins

When I hear of Shoedinger's Cat, I reach for my gun. - Stephen Hawking

Fear is just another word for ignorance. - Hunter S. Thompson

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Posted on: June 7, 2008 - 5:47am #1

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I instinctively winced at

I instinctively winced at the conflation of awe and emotion with spirituality and religion, but I thought it was alright aside from that.

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"Natasha has just come up to the window from the courtyard and opened it wider so that the air may enter more freely into my room. I can see the bright green strip of grass beneath the wall, and the clear blue sky above the wall, and sunlight everywhere. Life is beautiful. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression and violence, and enjoy it to the full."

- Leon Trotsky, Last Will & Testament
February 27, 1940

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