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From: Lawrence Krauss ‹ > Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 6:26 PM To: jeffrey E. Subject: Re: an article you may both hate. or like. When I was with him yesterday I told him we were going to =aribbean and he asked where.. He has an island in bahamas, making =ou two the only people I know who own islands.. :) will ask him =f he is free then. He is remarkable in new movie, though the film =tself is not fantastic.. he is also a pretty good guitarist.. his =how with alice cooper and joe perry in la was great. Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The =rigins Project at ASU Co-Director, =osmology Initiative Foundation=Professor School of Earth =amp; Space Exploration and Physics Department Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ =5287-1404 Research Office: = Assistant (Jessica): = Origins Office (Cynthia): = <mailto =nbsp; origins.asu.edu I =1span> On Sep 18, 2015, at 9:08 AM, jeffrey E. <[email protected]> wrote: you can invite depp to visit us when you are in the =aribean On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 4:10 PM, =awrence Krauss wrote: Ps. My piece argued against =anaticism. Lawrence M. =rauss Director, The Origins Project =t ASU Foundation =rofessor <tel: School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics =epartment Arizona State =niversity, P.O. Box =71404, Tempe, AZ =5287-1404 search Office: <tel:a> , Assistant =Jessica): Origins Office =Cynthia): Intel cmailtoe =n sn; origins.asu.edu <http://origins.asu.edu/> <DA866543-7401-4A5A-8E5=-FD32E33AS0EC.png> EFTA_R1_00144444 EFTA01802460 Sent from my iPhone On Sep 10, 2015, at 12:02 PM, jeffrey E. =lt;[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]» wrote: I think religion plays a major positive role in =any lives.. i dont like fanaticism on either side.. =orry On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 7:52 PM, Noam Chomsky =span dir="ltr" class=""> <mailto: -> wrote: Thanks for sending. A wide area of agreement, =ut not total. On confronting dogma, I of course agree — =hough in my opinion the secular religions — nationalist =anaticism, etc. — are much more dangerous. And if some =ind rational discussion offensive — as, for example, mainstream =cademics find dismantling myths of "American exceptionalism =90 or "Israeli self-defense" or Obama's mass =urder campaign, etc., offensive — so be it. But I don't see why that should extend to =idicule. That includes astrologists. Astronomers can refute =strology, while recognizing that perfectly honest and deluded people may believe it and should be treated with respect, while =heir beliefs are confronted with evidence. I also don't =ee why we should ridicule religious dogma, just as I don't =hink we should ridicule the much more pernicious secular dogmas. Rather, we should respond to irrational belief with argument and =vidence, while recognizing that their advocates (like most of the =ntellectual world in the case of secular dogma) are people who we =hould be responding to but without ridiculing them. It may be hard sometimes. For example, when the icon and founding =ather of sober non-sentimental Realism in International Affairs informs =s that the US, unlike other countries, has a "transcendental =urpose," and the fact that it constantly acts in contradiction to its purpose doesn't matter because the facts are just =E2 abuse of history" while real history is "the evidence of history as our minds =eflect it," then it's hard to avoid ridicule. But =e should. There's no point ridiculing virtually the entire IR profession =nd the major journals, even though such extraordinary irrationality =eads to major human disasters. On Davis, I frankly think that's a =on-issue. If she decides she cannot do her job as the conditions =f employment require (including following the law), then she can quit and look for another job. As in any other such =ase. Noam 2 EFTA_R1_00144445 EFTA01802461 From: Lawrence Krauss [mailto <mailto: J Sent: Thursday, September 10, To: Noam Chomsky <mailto: >; jeffrey E. [email protected] <mailto:jeevacation@gmat .com» Subject: an article you may both hate. or like. &nb=p; hope all is well. Lawrence http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/all-scientists-should-b=-militant-atheists Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The Origins Project at ASU Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative Foundation Professor School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics Department Arizona State =niversity, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287.1404 Research Offices, Assistant (Jessica): Origins Office (Cynthia): =a href="telM" value="+ target="_blank" =lass="">480.965.0053 origins.asu.edu 3 EFTA_R1_00144446 EFTA01802462 please note The information contained in this =ommunication is confidential, may be attorney-client =rivileged, may constitute inside information, and is =ntended only for the use of the addressee. It is the =roperty of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure =r copying of this communication or any part thereof is =trictly prohibited and may be unlawful. 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