Eric Steinhart is Professor of Philosophy at William Paterson University.  He grew up on a farm in the magical culture of the Pennsylvania Germans.  His degrees are in computer science and in philosophy.  He is the author of many articles and books, including Your Digital Afterlives: Computational Theories of Life after Death and Believing in Dawkins: The New Spiritual Atheism.  His book Atheistic Platonism is forthcoming.