The Reason Project

The Reason Project is a U.S. charitable (501(c)3) foundation devoted to spreading scientific knowledge and secular values in society.

The project will draw on the talents of prominent and creative thinkers from a wide range of disciplines — science, law, literature, entertainment, information technology, etc. — to encourage critical thinking and wise public policy. It will convene conferences, produce films, sponsor scientific research and opinion polls, award grants to other non-profit organizations, and offer material support to religious dissidents and public intellectuals — with the purpose of eroding the influence of dogmatism, superstition and bigotry in the world. [ [http://reasonproject.org/ The Reason Project ] ]

Advisory Board

The project has been spearheaded by philosopher, neuroscientist, and author Sam Harris, and has so far succeeded in attracting the following to its advisory board:

*Clifford S. Asness - Managing and Founding Principal of AQR Capital Management
*Peter Atkins - Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford
*Jerry Coyne - Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Chicago
*Richard Dawkins - Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford
*Daniel C. Dennett - Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, and Co-Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University
*Brent Forrester - Emmy Award-winning television writer
*Rebecca Goldstein - philosopher and novelist
*Ayaan Hirsi Ali - author of "The Caged Virgin" and the New York Times best selling memoir "Infidel"
*Christopher Hitchens - author, journalist, and literary critic
*Harold Kroto - Chairman of the Board of the Vega Science Trust
*Bill Maher- Comedian, Actor, Host of "Real Time With Bill Maher"
*Ian McEwan - award-winning novelist
*Steven Pinker - Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University
*Salman Rushdie - Booker Prize-winning author
*Lee M. Silver Professor at Princeton University in the Department of Molecular Biology
*Ibn Warraq - senior research fellow at the Center for Inquiry specializing in Koranic criticism
*Steven Weinberg - Josey Regental Chair in Science at the University of Texas at Austin [ [http://www.samharris.org/site/the_reason_project/ The Reason Project :: Sam Harris ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.reasonproject.org/ The Reason Project - official site]
* [http://www.samharris.org/ Sam Harris - official site]