Sam Harris attends the 2012 Global Atheist Convention and gives a lecture on death, consciousness, and living in the present moment.

Can a neutral belief in the afterlife prompt you to use your time better in this life? How do you create a life worth living?

Watch now: [Lecture] Sam Harris – Death and the Present Moment

Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennet meet at Oxford for a robust discussion on memetics, genetics, religion, faith, and cultural tropes.

Are you comfortable reconciling your ideas as societal viruses? :)

Watch now: [Lecture] Memetics and Genetics: Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett

‘We can consider the existence of god to be a scientific hypothesis and look for the empirical evidence that would follow. Many of the attributes associated with the Judaic-Christian-Islamic God have specific consequences that can be tested empirically. Such a God is supposed to play a central role in the operation of the universe and the lives of humans. As a result, evidence for him should be readily detectable by scientific means.’

Read more: Religion vs Science: The God Hypothesis