What Bill Nye got wrong
February 5, 2014
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Science Guy Bill Nye is awesome, and he knows his science, but agreeing to “debate” with Ken Ham was probably the wrong choice. The Rev.
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Neuroexistentialism
December 11, 2013
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Are our deepest feelings just the product of brain chemistry? Graham Lawton of Slate kicks that idea around with Patricia Churchland, author of Touching a
The Higgs Boson, the God particle, the Christ
October 12, 2013
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by Sam Candler The naming of the Nobel Prize for physics is always cool. But it is especially cool this year, because the winners were
Mixing science and religion
July 28, 2013
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“Now I would love to tell you that there is no conflict between science and religion at all,” he told the gathering, “but I’m afraid
Human science
June 15, 2013
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by Marshall Scott Some years ago – at least 20, and possibly more – I attended a conference in Chicago on neuroscience. I don’t remember
Scientists slam religion in new documentary
April 30, 2013
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Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss are stars of a new feature-length documentary that slams religion and touts science, as if never
Supreme Court to hear gene patent cases
April 15, 2013
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The Supreme Court is going to consider the questions around gene patenting. What ethical and moral issues are arising. Where should the church stand?
Science and the ‘underdeveloped religious function’
January 27, 2013
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“Alper suggests that there is a bell curve where the majority of people are spiritual/religious. On one of the tapering edges of the curve, there are people who are extremely religious, many of whom are martyrs, spiritual leaders, or prophets.”
Is bad science like bad religion?
December 5, 2012
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Biologist and author Rupert Sheldrake suggests in Huffington Post that “bad science” is indeed like “bad religion”:
Communion on the moon
July 17, 2012
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There is perhaps nothing more human than the curiosity that compels exploration. But paired with that curiosity is a search for meaning — we don’t want to know just what is out there, we want to turn it into something with a story, something with sense. We turn to the gods for that meaning, and we turn to them for our safety as we go.
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