Beyond Belief 2007: Sam Harris is Not an Atheist

I just started watching the videos from Beyond Belief 2007: Enlightenment 2.0. You can watch all the videos here.

I've skipped the other videos and went directly to Sam Harris's talk. In this talk Sam Harris expressed his reasoning for shunning the “Atheist” label. He did this before during the AAI 2007 (Atheist Alliance International) conference which, naturally, drew criticisms from (fellow) Atheists.

This is the reason why I like Sam Harris. He's not only intellectually fluffy but also ballsy. I think people who casually use the label “integral” should also take heed. Having said that, I'll go out on a limb and say that Sam Harris is probably the most integral among the New Atheists. There I said it. If you have doubts or you don't agree with me, go watch the video and let me know. I'm always open for discussions.

Thanks to RichardDawkins.Net for the heads up!

Note: The video I posted above is a 4-hour unedited version. It also includes a talk by Daniel Dennett, Jeff Hawkins, Daniel Lord Smail, and PZ Myers. Make sure to check out a short talk by the uber-entrepreneur Jeff Hawkins (see video at the 1:50 mark). Hawkins proposed to approach Enlightenment 2.0 a perspective of entrepreneurship. He basically agrees with Sam Harris about avoiding labels such as "Atheism."

The Beyond Belief 2007 (unedited) videos are quite long.  Most of them run for 4 hours. So get some popcorn if you're planning to watch them all :)