I mentioned Phil Plait‘s talk a while back in my post “On dialogue and changing minds.” The video of the talk was recently released. I was going to tuck it into another link bomb post, but I think it deserves to stand alone.
I actually disagree somewhat with Plait’s contention that we (atheists/skeptics) need diplomats, not warriors. As Greta Christina argued at the Secular Student Alliance conference, both are important. My approach is to try to balance the roles by being a ‘diplomatic warrior.’
I’m incredibly big on sentiments like “killing people with kindness” or that phrase, “people don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”
so I like Plait’s talk.
Yeah, I agree with those sentiments too. One of my favorite quotes comes from Lincoln: “The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.”
Jon,
go to bed.
You mean go to sleep? I’ve been in bed for an hour ha ha.
I am LITERALLY in the same state. I need to put the laptop down.
and not next to me.
i’m going to turn off my phone too.