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30 Renowned Writers Speaking About God Speakers in order of appearance: 1. Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Science Fiction Writer 2. Nadine Gordimer, Nobel Laureate in Literature 3. Professor Isaac Asimov, Author and Biochemist 4. Arthur Miller, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright 5. Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate in Literature 6. Gore Vidal, Award-Winning Novelist and Political Activist 7. Douglas Adams, Best-Selling Science Fiction Writer 8. Professor Germaine Greer, Writer and Feminist 9. Iain Banks, Best-Selling Fiction Writer 10. José Saramago, Nobel Laureate in Literature 11. Sir Terry Pratchett, NYT Best-Selling Novelist 12. Ken Follett, NYT Best-Selling Author 13. Ian McEwan, Man Booker Prize-Winning Novelist 14. Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate (1999-2009) 15. Professor Martin Amis, Award-Winning Novelist 16. Michel Houellebecq, Goncourt Prize-Winning French Novelist 17. Philip Roth, Man Booker Prize-Winning Novelist 18. Margaret Atwood, Booker Prize-Winning Author and Poet 19. Sir Salman Rushdie, Booker Prize-Winning Novelist 20. Norman MacCaig, Renowned Scottish Poet 21. Phillip Pullman, Best-Selling British Author 22. Dr Matt Ridley, Award-Winning Science Writer 23. Harold Pinter, Nobel Laureate in Literature 24. Howard Brenton, Award-Winning English Playwright 25. Tariq Ali, Award-Winning Writer and Filmmaker 26. Theodore Dalrymple, English Writer and Psychiatrist 27. Roddy Doyle, Booker Prize-Winning Novelist 28. Redmond O'Hanlon FRSL, British Writer and Scholar 29. Diana Athill, Award-Winning Author and Literary Editor 30. Christopher Hitchens, Best-Selling Author, Award-Winning Columnist User: spam_vigilante Jan 24, 2012 1:54 PM

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Ted Talks: Matt Ridley: When Ideas Have Sex

Ted Talks: Matt Ridley: When Ideas Have Sex At TEDGlobal 2010, author Matt Ridley shows how, throughout history, the engine of human progress has been the meeting and mating of ideas to make new ideas. It's not important how clever individuals are, he says; what really matters is how smart the collective brain is. Jul 18, 2010 9:00 PM

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Matt Ridley: When Ideas Have Sex | TED2010

Matt Ridley: When Ideas Have Sex | TED2010 Filmed and Posted July 2010 on TED At TEDGlobal 2010, author Matt Ridley shows how, throughout history, the engine of human progress has been the meeting and mating of ideas to make new ideas. It's not important how clever individuals are, he says; what really matters is how smart the collective brain is. User: spam_vigilante Jul 15, 2010 9:37 AM

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Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov A Russian American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books.

Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams An English author, comic radio dramatist, and musician. Author of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series and cowriter of Doctor Who. Self-described radical atheist.

Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens A British-American author, journalist and literary critic. He is known for his iconoclasm, atheism, antitheism and anti-monarchism.

TEDTalks

TEDTalks An annual conference held in Monterey, California and semi-annually in other cities around the world. TED describes itself as a "group of remarkable people that gather to exchange ideas of incalculable value".

Homophobia

Homophobia Fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals. Several dictionaries also associate irrationality with this type of fear.

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Evolution

Evolution The change in the inherited traits of a population of organisms from one generation to the next. These changes are caused by a combination of three main processes: variation, reproduction, and selection.

Highbrow

Highbrow The intellectual pursuits of the elite.

Cults and Religions

Cults and Religions A set of beliefs and practices generally held by a community, involving adherence to codified beliefs and rituals and study of ancestral or cultural traditions, writings, history, and mythology, as well as personal faith and mystic experience.

Sci-Fi and Fantasy

Sci-Fi and Fantasy A gere of fiction -- often featuring a spirit of inquisitiveness and adventure -- based on alternative visions of science and technology (Science Fiction) and/or the fantastic and supernatural (Fantasy).

Science

Science A body of techniques for investigating phenomena and acquiring new knowledge -- as well as for correcting and integrating previous knowledge -- based on gathering observable, empirical, measurable evidence, subject to specific principles of reasoning.

Celebrities

Celebrities Widely-recognized or famous people who command a high degree of public and media attention.

Politics

Politics The processes, methods and tactics by which groups of people formulate decisions and apply policy.

Video Clips

Video Clips The technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.

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