Whether you read it online or hold the physical object in your hands, this issue of Newsweek is best viewed as an archaeological artifact that is certain to embarrass us in the eyes of future generations. Its existence surely says more about our time than the editors at the magazine meant to say—for the cover alone reveals the abasement and desperation of our journalism, the intellectual bankruptcy and resultant tenacity of faith-based religion, and our ubiquitous confusion about the nature of scientific authority. The article is the modern equivalent of a 14th-century woodcut depicting the work of alchemists, inquisitors, Crusaders, and fortune-tellers. I hope our descendants understand that at least some of us were blushing.
This Must Be Heaven : Sam Harris

Source: samharris.org

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    Update: I just went to the grocery store and saw the Newsweek issue this is about. Resisted urge to shenannigans.
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  11. memeengine said: Not usually a Sam Harris fan, but this is well put. You should see what’s happened to Canada’s “McLeans” in the last decade!
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