Kepler-11

I was thinking to post something about the latest people I got to know (on the internet, of course) who were particularly clever and interesting to me. So here we go.

James Randi, known as The Amazing Randi, magician and professional skeptic. I already knew his name because I read it on The Demon-Haunted World, the best book of Carl Sagan in my opinion. Anyway, the fact that he was a friend of Carl Sagan really says it all. He made an amazing TED Talk. Check it out!

Sam Harris. He’s a neuroscientist who mainly speaks about atheism and morality. It’s a real pleasure to listen and you can find a lot of videos of his talks on youtube. Also he talks in a more moderate way than, say, Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens, but his arguments are really brilliant. He made a TED Talk too that’s really worth watching.