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From: Lawrence Krauss < Sent: Friday, September iligil. To: jeffrey E. Subject: Re: an article you may both hate. or like. will bring up that possibility. :) so glad we are aging to see you down =here.. working hard now after a week of traveling with Johnny =nd late nights, to finish my new book so I can actually celebrate that =s planned on the trip. 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, Tem e, AZ =5287-1404 Research Office: = Assistant (Jessica): = Origins Office (Cynthia): = <mailto: =nbsp; origins.asu.edu =/span> On Sep 18, 2015, at 11:30AM, jeffrey E. <[email protected]> wrote: or we can visit him on his On Fri, =ep 18, 2015 at 2:26 PM, Lawrence Krauss <M I<mailto wrote: When I was with him yesterday = told him we were going to caribbean and he asked where.. He has =n island in bahamas, making you two the only people I know who own =slands.. :) will ask him if he is free then. He is =emarkable in new movie, though the film itself is not fantastic.. he is =Iso a pretty good guitarist.. his show with alice cooper and joe =erry in la was great. Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The Origins Project at =SU Co-Director, Cosmology =nitiative Foundation Professor School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics =epartment Arizona State University, P.O. Box =71404, Tempe, AZ =5287.1404 Research Office: -<tea , Assistant (Jessica): EFTA_R1_00144604 EFTA01802503  Origins Office (Cynthia): <tel =nbsp; origins.asu.edu I =/span><DA866543-7401-4A5A-8E50-FD32E33A50EC.png> On Sep 18, 2015, at 9:08 AM, Jeffrey E. <[email protected]> wrote: you can invite depp to visit us =hen you are in the caribean On Thu, =ep 10, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Lawrence Krauss < <mailto: > wrote: Ps. My piece argued against =anaticism. Lawrence M. =rauss Director, The Origins Project =t ASU Foundation =rofessor School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics =epartment Arizona State =niversity, P.O. Box =71404, Tempe, AZ =5287-1404 Research Office: <tel:-, Assistant =Jessica): <tel:480.965.9825> Origins Office =Cynthia): 480.965.0053 <tel mailto: ongins.asu.e u < ttp://origins.asu.e u > krauss.faculty.asu.edu <DA866543-7401-4A5A-8E50-F032E33AS0EC.png><=div> Sent from my =Phone On Sep 10, 2015, =t 12:02 PM, Jeffrey E. <[email protected] <[email protected]» wrote: I think religion plays a major =ositive role in many lives. . i dont like fanaticism on either =ide. . sorry On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 7:52 PM, =oam Chomsky cwrote: Thanks for sending. A wide area of agreement, =ut not total. 2 EFTA_R1_00144605 EFTA01802504  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 =9D 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 From: Lawrence Krauss imailto <mailto: Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 1:51 AM To: Noam Chomsky < <mailto >; jeffrey E. =It;[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]» Subject: an article you may both hate. or like. &nb=p; hope all is well. Lawrence 3 EFTA_R1_00144606 EFTA01802505  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 =tate University, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-14O4 Research=Office: Assistant (Jessica): =a href="tel: " value="+ target="_blank" =lass="" Origins =ffice (Cynthia): origins.asu.edu I 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. 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