10/8/10

Confrontation or Accommodation?

Watch it live!  The Mooney/Myers showdown at the CfI-fest in LA is at 2 pm pacific time.  Plus there are some other folks on the program.  This should be fun.

10 comments:

Faust said...

PZ will be on his best behavior!

Jean Kazez said...

I think so too--both will be. I predict no screaming and yelling.

Faust said...

Chimps vs Bonobos! LOL.

Jean Kazez said...

Whenever I hear people talk about spirituality, I just want to puke. LOL.

Faust said...

Chimps puking on bonobos! ewwwwwwwwwwwwww

Jean Kazez said...

What Chris needs to say to PZ--We are not neutral about truth. So we are not liars. We do value truth. It's just not all that we value. We also value getting Americans to learn enough science that they can make good decisions about public policy. They need to make those good decisions now, not in 100 years.

Faust said...

Or to put your suggestion another way:

Is "love of truth" deontological? Must I tell the truth even if it means telling the state police that there is a oppostion party member hiding in my basement? Or do we sometimes accept untruths because we have competing moral goods we are after?

Jean Kazez said...

Exactly. Let's hope they discuss that, because he shouldn't let PZ get away with saying accommodationists are liars.

Faust said...

Do they keep records of these videos anywhere?

Jean Kazez said...

Wish I knew, because I'm going to have to miss the Sam Harris show tonight.