Later This Day...
Peter Robinson ·
August 26, 2011 at 6:08pm
I'll be taping an episode of Uncommon Knowledge with the author of The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions, Dr. David Berlinski, aka Claire's dad.
The show will go up a week from Monday.
Just so's you know.
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Dec '10
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Thank you for the heads up. As a former atheist (now fire-breathin' baptist), I feel about athiests sort of the way many ex-smokers feel about cigarettes. Live and let live, certainly, but do they need to be so nasty? I'll definitely tune in.
May '10
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Can't wait to hear this one. I am picking up his book at the library today.
Mar '11
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Hi Peter,
I just moved to Palo Alto and was wondering if is it possible to attend tapings of Uncommon Knowledge?
Aug '10
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That is great news.
Of Dr. Berlinski's books I have read only his One ,Two, Three: Absolutely Elementary Mathematics. I found it a delightful and demanding read. I loved his witty remarks and I pulled a hamstring in my brain trying to grasp his insight into the deeper meaning of multiplication.
Edited on August 26, 2011 at 6:50pmRe: Later This Day...
Hey! Say hi to my Pop! I actually didn't realize this.
Oct '10
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The Devil's Delusion is a very enjoyable & provocative read and, contrary to some of the so-called "reviews" on Amazon, not easily dismissed. If Dr Berlinski and I are ever invited to the same dinner party, I am definitely going to lobby to be seated across from him.
I'll be to re-reading the book again this weekend so that I'm up to speed for this encounter.
Edited on August 26, 2011 at 7:13pmMar '11
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Excellent! I'm looking forward to seeing it.
BTW I thoughly enjoyed your last interview with Tim Groseclose, keep up the good work.
May '10
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Hot dog! I'll be there. BTW, tell NRO that their audio RSS feed for UCK is the worst one I have ever encountered.
Oct '10
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Either Berlinski could write about shoe polish and it would be a fascinating and entertaining read. I read The Devil's Delusion. It was one of those books I just couldn't put down.
To my understanding David Berlinski is an agnostic. Nevertheless, he vigorously (and hilariously) critiques the arguments of atheists like Dawkins, Dennett, et al. It's been awhile since I read the book, but I think he even throws in some arguments that a belief in G-d is not unreasonable. Why oh why would a true agnostic take the time and effort to make these arguments!?! I realize that a defense of theism is not the main purpose of the book, but why would an agnostic even take the time to make these arguments. Even on weighty issues I would think that an agnostic may correct someone he thinks wrong, but not with the tenacity that David Berlinski does. This is one of the things I always wondered about David Berlinski.
Edited on August 26, 2011 at 7:47pmJul '10
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Just curious, is Dr. Berlinski named after Anyone in particular?
Feb '11
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I love recreational math. (Yes! There is such a thing! That's one of may reasons I love John Derbyshire.) So I'll have to get Dr. Berlinski's his "One, Two, Three: Absolutely Elementary Mathematics".
Please ask him: (1) In his gut does he believe the Riemann hypothesis (the greatest outstanding problem in math currently) to be true? and (2) for any gossip about Claire's previous boyfriends.
Edited on August 26, 2011 at 8:39pmMay '10
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Lo Fon:
To my understanding David Berlinski is an agnostic. Nevertheless, he vigorously (and hilariously) critiques the arguments of atheists like Dawkins, Dennett, et al. It's been awhile since I read the book, but I think he even throws in some arguments that a belief in G-d is not unreasonable. Why oh why would a true agnostic take the time and effort to make these arguments!?!
Generally, Dr. Berlinski is an iconoclast- he was such in academia, and remains an enthusiastic puncturer of arrogant pretensions.
And the arrogance issue with belief today is not whether you believe or do not believe, it is whether those who are narcissistic materialists are smarter than Believers. There is no ability to prove the points of either side, despite what Dawkins, Coyne, and Derbyshire pretend..
Berlinski handles this by pointing out the preposterous things that militant unbelievers must (oops!) believe in order to sustain their own disbelief.
If that reads as being inconsistent, you read it right. That's Berlinski's point when he describes the nonsense propounded by, for example, militant atheistic string theorizers.
Sep '10
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Sigh. I was hoping the Berlinski junta had a bit more of a command and control structure, but I'll still watch.
Sep '10
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Peter,
Are you fielding questions?
Sincerely,
Mr. Really Out of the Loop in Asia Minor
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Noooooooooooo! We don't do it for the glory, we do it for the money!
Sep '10
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Claire Berlinski, Ed.
Noooooooooooo! We don't do it for the glory, we do it for the money! · Aug 26 at 11:22am
I take it we should buy multiple copies of hardcover instead of one in Kindle?
May '11
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I always wondered if there was a family connection between the two.
Dr. Berlinski gave a curious answer when Greg Koukl asked him in an interview whether or not he was religious: “Not yet.”
Edited on August 26, 2011 at 8:42pmFeb '11
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Pseudodionysius: Peter,
Are you fielding questions?
Sincerely,
Mr. Really Out of the Loop in Asia Minor · Aug 26 at 11:15am
He is. Or at least he was on Facebook.
Sep '10
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Doctor Bean
Pseudodionysius: Peter,
Are you fielding questions?
Sincerely,
Mr. Really Out of the Loop in Asia Minor · Aug 26 at 11:15am
He is. Or at least he was on Facebook. · Aug 26 at 11:41am
I want to know if David Berlinski has any opinion on the book released by Fr Robert Spitzer, SJ called: New Proofs...
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For David:
Scientists from CERN recently stated that the Higgs Boson may be a "mirage."
Is "mirage" scientific lingo for "we were wrong - there is no such thing?"
If it turns out there is no Higgs Boson, which CERN says they will know for sure by next year, is science at square one when it comes to how matter is formed? Without the Higgs, will science be in no better position than the average layperson to explain matter?
Edited on August 26, 2011 at 9:17pm