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Andrew Aghapour

Andrew Aghapour is a scholar of religion and a comedian. His one-person show Zara: An Autobiography of Monotheism is about religion, immigration, and the history of truth.

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Religion Dispatches

Has Science Proven that Deepak Chopra is Bullshit?

An illustrated guide.
Andrew Aghapour
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Religion Dispatches

Citizen Speech in an Age of Data: Or, Why I’m Transcribing My Tweets Into Cuneiform

Social media has made possible a new global distribution of cognitive ephemera. We are tweeting 6,000 times per second—and most of it is garbage. And while social media has facilitated powerful forms…
Andrew Aghapour
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Religion Dispatches

The Problem with Pew's Science & Religion Poll

Yes, there are bad questions.
Andrew Aghapour
Michael Schulson
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