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[[Sam Harris]]' '''Project Reason''' website declared concerning the online project:
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An article published by an advocate of the [[Question evolution! campaign]] entitled ''[[Sam Harris]], Project Reason failed'' quotes Sam Harris's [[Project Reason]] website thusly in terms of a description and aims of the project:
 
 
{{cquote|Project Reason is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation devoted to spreading scientific knowledge and secular values in society. The foundation draws on the talents of prominent and creative thinkers in a wide range of disciplines to encourage critical thinking and erode the influence of dogmatism, superstition, and bigotry in our world.
 
{{cquote|Project Reason is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation devoted to spreading scientific knowledge and secular values in society. The foundation draws on the talents of prominent and creative thinkers in a wide range of disciplines to encourage critical thinking and erode the influence of dogmatism, superstition, and bigotry in our world.
  
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One immediate need is to build an archive of the best secular resources on the Internet. Registered users can submit their favorite articles, videos, interviews, etc."<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/06/sam-harris-project-reason-failed.html Sam Harris, Project Reason failed!</ref>}}
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One immediate need is to build an archive of the best secular resources on the Internet. Registered users can submit their favorite articles, videos, interviews, etc."<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/06/sam-harris-project-reason-failed.html Sam Harris, Project Reason failed!]</ref>}}
  
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In addition, the article ''Sam Harris, Project Reason failed'' offers this web traffic graph from the web traffic tracking company Alexa:
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The article [http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/06/sam-harris-project-reason-failed.html''Sam Harris, Project Reason failed''] offers this web traffic graph from the web traffic tracking company Alexa:
  
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[[File:Project Reason 6-26-2012 alexa.png|thumbnail|600px|center|An Alexa web traffic tracking graph for Project Reason taken from the article ''Sam Harris, Project Reason failed''<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/06/sam-harris-project-reason-failed.html Sam Harris, Project Reason failed!</ref>]]
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[[File:Project Reason 6-26-2012 alexa.png|thumbnail|600px|center|An Alexa web traffic tracking graph for Project Reason taken from the article ''Sam Harris, Project Reason failed''<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/06/sam-harris-project-reason-failed.html Sam Harris, Project Reason failed!]</ref>]]
  
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An updated Alexa web traffic tracking graph on January 31, 2014:
  
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Also, the article ''Sam Harris, Project Reason failed'' adds:
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[[File:Project reason 1-31-2013.png|thumbnail|center|600px|A January 31, 2014 Alexa web traffic tracking graph for the website Project Reason]]
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{{cquote|...it is extremely hard to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. No doubt the "best" secular material on the internet is extremely poor in quality. In addition, material which promotes atheism is very much like evolutionary pseudoscience material in that it is extremely dull, stale and boring. To the best of my knowledge, there has never been an atheism revival!
 
  
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See: [http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/05/is-public-tiring-of-hearing.html How stale and boring is evolutionary indoctrination? Is the public fooled or are they suspicious? What is the trend?]
 
  
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'''Questions for Sam Harris and his anemic fan base'''
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The [[Shadow To Light blog]] wrote in 2016:
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{{Cquote|It looks to me like Project Reason is dead.  Which is weird given that there is no announcement or explanation.  If Project Reason is indeed gone, then Harris is quietly trying to slip it down the memory hole.  But why?
  
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Sam, what happened? By the way, what are your thoughts about [http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/05/globally-worldviews-of-atheism-and-non.html global atheism shrinking]? I do hope you know that this is expected to affect Western World atheism.
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So I looked around on the internet and the only information I could find was in a very brief thread on the forum on Sam Harris’s remaining webpage:
  
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The Birbeck, University of London professor Eric Kaufmann declared to a secular audience in a lecture titled [http://fora.tv/2010/09/05/Eric_Kaufmann_Shall_the_Religious_Inherit_the_Earth Shall the religious inherit the earth]: "The trends that are happening worldwide inevitably in an age of globalization are going to affect us."<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/06/sam-harris-project-reason-failed.html Sam Harris, Project Reason failed!</ref>}}
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::The Administrator:”Project Reason has been retired as a website. It’s forum has been transplanted here.”
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::Someone asked, “Does that mean Project Reason itself has dissolved and is not taking on projects?”
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::Administrator replied: “Correct.”
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If it is true that Project Reason has been dissolved and is no longer taking on projects (since it no longer exists), then why hasn’t Harris made this announcement?<ref>[https://shadowtolight.wordpress.com/2016/01/15/is-project-reason-gone/ Is Project Reason Gone?], [[Shadow to Light blog]]</ref>}}
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== See also ==
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*[[Atheism]]
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*[[Internet atheism]]
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*[[Decline of atheism]]
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*[[Global atheism]]
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Essays:
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*[[Essay: Atheism: A house divided and in global decline|Atheism: A house divided and in global decline]]
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*[[Essay: 10 reasons why American atheism will see a significant decline|10 Reasons American atheism will see a significant decline]]
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== Notes ==
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{{reflist|2}}
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== External links ==
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*[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/06/sam-harris-project-reason-failed.html Sam Harris Project Reason failed] - article from a [[Question evolution! campaign]] blog
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmzuhLtAMmU 2012 will be a bad year for atheism (see we told you so) - focuses Project Reason and other matters] - Video by [[Shockofgod]]
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*[http://www.project-reason.org/ Project Reason] (<big>'''Warning: Filled with mind numbing foolishness'''</big>)
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[[Category:Atheism]]

Latest revision as of 19:19, September 26, 2018

Sam Harris

Sam Harris' Project Reason website declared concerning the online project:

“ Project Reason is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation devoted to spreading scientific knowledge and secular values in society. The foundation draws on the talents of prominent and creative thinkers in a wide range of disciplines to encourage critical thinking and erode the influence of dogmatism, superstition, and bigotry in our world.

One immediate need is to build an archive of the best secular resources on the Internet. Registered users can submit their favorite articles, videos, interviews, etc."[1]

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The article Sam Harris, Project Reason failed offers this web traffic graph from the web traffic tracking company Alexa:

An Alexa web traffic tracking graph for Project Reason taken from the article Sam Harris, Project Reason failed[2]

An updated Alexa web traffic tracking graph on January 31, 2014:

A January 31, 2014 Alexa web traffic tracking graph for the website Project Reason


The Shadow To Light blog wrote in 2016:

“ It looks to me like Project Reason is dead. Which is weird given that there is no announcement or explanation. If Project Reason is indeed gone, then Harris is quietly trying to slip it down the memory hole. But why?

So I looked around on the internet and the only information I could find was in a very brief thread on the forum on Sam Harris’s remaining webpage:

The Administrator:”Project Reason has been retired as a website. It’s forum has been transplanted here.”
Someone asked, “Does that mean Project Reason itself has dissolved and is not taking on projects?”
Administrator replied: “Correct.”

If it is true that Project Reason has been dissolved and is no longer taking on projects (since it no longer exists), then why hasn’t Harris made this announcement?[3]

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See also

Essays:

Notes

  1. ↑ Sam Harris, Project Reason failed!
  2. ↑ Sam Harris, Project Reason failed!
  3. ↑ Is Project Reason Gone?, Shadow to Light blog

External links

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