{"id":8946,"date":"2013-03-01T15:51:41","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T15:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/03\/01\/krauss-kreamed\/"},"modified":"2013-03-01T15:51:41","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T15:51:41","slug":"krauss-kreamed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/03\/01\/krauss-kreamed\/","title":{"rendered":"Krauss Kreamed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">Ed Feser is quite the polemicist, as witness <a href=\"http:\/\/edwardfeser.blogspot.com\/2013\/02\/forgetting-nothing-learning-nothing.html#more\" target=\"_self\">his latest flogging<\/a> of Lawrence Krauss.&#0160; <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">Many commentators with no theological ax to grind &#8212; such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/03\/25\/books\/review\/a-universe-from-nothing-by-lawrence-m-krauss.html?_r=0\">David Albert<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/rationallyspeaking.blogspot.co.uk\/2012\/04\/lawrence-krauss-another-physicist-with.html\">Massimo <br \/>Pigliucci<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/leiterreports.typepad.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/lawrencekrauss.html\">Brian Leiter<\/a>, and even New Atheist featherweight <a href=\"http:\/\/whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/02\/david-albert-pans-lawrence-krausss-new-book\/\">Jerry Coyne<\/a> &#8212; slammed Krauss\u2019s amateurish foray into philosophy.&#0160; Here\u2019s some take-to-the-bank advice to would-be atheist provocateurs: When <em><a href=\"http:\/\/edwardfeser.blogspot.com\/2011\/05\/coyne-on-intentionality.html\">even<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/edwardfeser.blogspot.com\/2011\/07\/clue-for-jerry-coyne.html\">Jerry Coyne<\/a><\/em> thinks your attempt at atheist apologetics \u201cmediocre,\u201d it\u2019s time to throw in the towel. <em> Causa finita est<\/em>.&#0160; Game over.&#0160; <em>Shut the hell up already<\/em>.&#0160;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">But isn&#39;t there something unseemly about beating up a cripple and rolling a drunk?&#0160; Not that I haven&#39;t <a href=\"http:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/.services\/blog\/6a010535ce1cf6970c010535c82845970b\/search?filter.q=krauss\" target=\"_self\">done it myself<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<fieldset class=\"zemanta-related\">\n<legend class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/legend>\n<div class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0px; width: 84px; text-align: left; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: top; float: left; display: block;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/maverick_philosopher\/2012\/11\/the-abysmally-ignorant-jerry-coyne.html\" style=\"padding: 2px; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none; display: block; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999;\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/126794360_80_80.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; width: 80px; display: block; max-width: 100%;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/maverick_philosopher\/2012\/11\/the-abysmally-ignorant-jerry-coyne.html\" style=\"padding: 5px 2px 0px; height: 80px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; display: block;\" target=\"_blank\">The Abysmally Ignorant Jerry Coyne<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0px; width: 84px; text-align: left; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: top; float: left; display: block;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/maverick_philosopher\/2012\/09\/a-tip-of-the-hat-to-professor-joel-hunter-for-referring-me-to-a-recent-discussion-between-philosopher-julian-baggini-and-phys.html\" style=\"padding: 2px; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none; display: block; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999;\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/111467341_80_80.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; width: 80px; display: block; max-width: 100%;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/maverick_philosopher\/2012\/09\/a-tip-of-the-hat-to-professor-joel-hunter-for-referring-me-to-a-recent-discussion-between-philosopher-julian-baggini-and-phys.html\" style=\"padding: 5px 2px 0px; height: 80px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; display: block;\" target=\"_blank\">When Philosophical Questions Grow Up Do They Leave Home? 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