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== Project Reason ==
== Project Reason ==
An article entitled Sam Harris, Project Reason failed quotes Sam Harris's Project Reason website thusly in terms of a description and aims of the project:
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.
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>}}
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>}}
In addition, the article ''Sam Harris, Project Reason failed'' offers this web traffic graph from the web traffic tracking company Alexa:
[[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>]]
Also, the article ''Sam Harris, Project Reason failed'' adds:
{{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!
See: [How stale and boring is evolutionary indoctrination? Is the public fooled or are they suspicious? What is the trend?]
Sam, what happened? By the way, what are your thoughts about global atheism shrinking? I do hope you know that this is expected to affect Western World atheism.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/06/sam-harris-project-reason-failed.html Sam Harris, Project Reason failed!</ref>}}
The Birbeck, University of London professor Eric Kaufmann declared to a secular audience in a lecture titled [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>}}
== Gender and racial demographics of Sam Harris' audience ==
== Gender and racial demographics of Sam Harris' audience ==