Episode · The Rubin Report · 2018-01-12
Dave Rubin & Michael Shermer: books mentioned on The Rubin Report (Jan 2018)
Heavens on Earth: Scientific Search for the Afterlife | Michael Shermer | ACADEMIA | Rubin Report
Dave Rubin discussed Skeptic by Michael Shermer, The Moral Arc by Michael Shermer, and Heavens on Earth by Michael Shermer. Michael Shermer discussed God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens and Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Skeptic
Discussed“you've got a new book coming out I was saying to you right before you started you're the only guest that has two books all right moral or skeptic”
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The Moral Arc
Discussed“and I'm pretty sure it was the first time I had you on the show and we were talking about the moral arc which is right over there that you were saying that the arc of progress has bent”
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God Is Not Great
Discussed“well hitch still dealt with this in his book God is not great”
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Heavens on Earth
Discussed“heavens on earth the scientific search for the afterlife immortality and utopia well did you figure it out”
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Why Buddhism is True
Discussed“there's a number of books you know Bob Wright's book Buddhism is true and so on what do you mean it's true”
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Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The Moral Arc
“particularly when I was writing the moral arc and now I'm getting ready to teach this honors course at Chapman on morality and ethics and evolution”
Passing Heavens on Earth
“Alright so your new book it is out this week it is sitting right in front of me heavens on earth the scientific search for the afterlife immortality and utopia well did you figure it out”
Passing The Wright Stuff
“you know Buddhism has quite a resurgence now there's a number of books you know Bob Wright's book Buddhism is true and so on”