Category: Social Sciences

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
February 11, 2026

Categories
Ethics
Social Sciences
Tagged
, biologists, Charles Darwin, Christianity, creativity, creator, Daniel Dennett, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian narrative, Darwinian theory, designer, evolution, human beings, intelligent design, Islam, Jonathan Witt, Judaism, Judeo-Christian tradition, materialism, mind, monkeys, moral order, random mutations, rationality, Religions (journal), theists, universal acid}

Jonathan Witt: Darwinism and Its “Pernicious Cultural Implications”

_{Emily Sandico
February 11, 2026

Ethics, Social Sciences

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What are we to make of rationality and creativity, of our awareness of the moral order? In the Judeo-Christian tradition, these markers are elevated. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
January 29, 2026

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Faith & Science
History of Science
Tagged
, ancient Greece, atheism, Atheists: The Origin of the Species, Avebury, Bishop of Exeter, Book of Job, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Church Fathers, Corsica, Darwinism, Dennis Harding, False Messiah, Gregory the Great, hochvart, Hugh Trevor-Roper, James Henry Froude, John Aubrey, Judeo-Christian tradition, Kellow Chesney, Lisbon earthquake, London, Middle High German, New Testament, Nick Spencer, Old Testament, Origin of Species, Peace of Augsburg, Pentre Ifan, Poor Henry, practical atheists, Ring of Brodgar, secularization, Sir Leslie Stephen, Stonehenge, symmetry thesis, The Nemesis of Faith, The Victorian Underworld, United Kingdom, University of Edinburgh, Voltaire}

“The Monster in the Sky”: Revisiting Atheism’s Creation Myth

_{Neil Thomas
January 29, 2026

Cultural Anthropology, Faith & Science, History of Science

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The fact that Darwin’s evolutionary ideas could not be shown to be scientifically coherent remained for the uncritical a side issue. Read More ›

Cave with cave drawings. Cartoon mountain scene background Primitive cave paintings. ancient petroglyphs.

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 22, 2025

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Paleontology
Psychology
Tagged
, Antony Flew, artifacts, brain, cave art, death, dying, human beings, Michael Egnor, Neanderthals, near-death experiences, neuroscience, Ohio State University, paleontology, pseudoscience, psychology, Psychology Today, The Immortal Mind, There Is a God}

In Study of Human Psychology, the Power of “Maybe”

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 22, 2025

Neuroscience & Mind, Paleontology, Psychology

5}

This is not science and is not a good look for a psychology that purports to have some relationship with science. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 20, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Tagged
, altruism, Casey Luskin, culture, education, evolutionary mechanism, evolutionary psychology, genes, group selection, heroism, human behavior, kin selection, kindness, podcast, reciprocal altruism, Richard Dawkins, selfish genes}

Can Evolution Explain Altruism or Heroism?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 20, 2025

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology

3}

Casey Luskin and I share separate recent examples of people who have run towards burning cars to save complete strangers. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 19, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Psychology
Tagged
, altruism, behavior, Casey Luskin, cooperation, Denyse O’Leary, evolutionary psychology, evolutionary theory, human behavior, intelligent design, love, morality, psychology, religion, Salvo Magazine, Science and Faith in Dialogue, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith}

If You Want Creative Storytelling, Look No Further than Evolutionary Psychology

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 19, 2025

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Psychology

2}

If evolutionary psychology attempts to explain every behavior, including each behavior’s opposite, can it really explain anything? Read More ›

Conceptual image of a large stone in the shape of the human brain

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
September 19, 2025

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, ALS, animals, apes, birds, brain mapping, common sense, consciousness, Doctor's Diary (series), dolphins, elephants, evolution, functional MRI, inner speech, intelligent design, Michael Egnor, motor cortex, octopuses, paralysis, soul, speech, Stanford University, whales}

Doctor’s Diary: To Whom Are You Talking When You Talk to Yourself?

_{Geoffrey Simmons
September 19, 2025

Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

7}

A comment by a national radio show host recently caught my attention. “So, I said to myself, SELF! What would you do under these circumstances?” Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
September 11, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Political Science
Tagged
, assassination, conservatism, Donald Trump, free speech, gang violence, grassroots, MSNBC, New York Times, Politics, religious liberty, Ross Douthat, TikTok, transgenderism, Turning Point USA, violence}

Charlie Kirk, Murdered in Dialogue with College Students

_{Peter Biles
September 11, 2025

Faith & Science, Political Science

4}

Kirk traveled the country and openly invited dialogue and debate among people with different views and backgrounds. Read More ›

Old fashioned television set with green screen displaying static noise in a vintage living room with outdated furniture.

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
August 29, 2025

Categories
Arts
Linguistics
Sociology
Tagged
, Bible, books, censorship, civilization, communication, COVID-19, economy, education, literacy, literature, memory, Newsweek, stories, storytelling, technology, Ted Gioia, television, UnHerd, visual media, young people}

Thanks to Our Screens, Heading Toward a Post-Literate Culture?

_{Peter Biles
August 29, 2025

Arts, Linguistics, Sociology

5}

Whatever one’s opinions regarding solutions for declining literacy rates, people can always start to brew change in their own lives and communities. Read More ›

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Date
August 28, 2025

Categories
Environment & Climate
Psychology
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, “consensus science”, Approved Views, carbon dioxide, climate change, Northwestern University, political correctness, psychology, The College Fix, The Hill, transgenderism, University of Michigan}

Even Scientists Are Starting to Doubt “Approved Views”

_{Science and Culture
August 28, 2025

Environment & Climate, Psychology, Scientific Freedom

3}

A recent Orwellian firing gives some insight into what happens when an academic collides with Political Correctness. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 27, 2025

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, antiquity, brain, Christof Koch, Christopher Hitchens, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, David Chalmers, eliminative materialism, evolutionary psychology, Four Horsemen, free will, human consciousness, human mind, Michael Egnor, mind, neurosurgeons, philosophers, promissory materialism, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, technology, The Immortal Mind}

Reassessing Daniel Dennett on Consciousness as an Illusion

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 27, 2025

Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

It is a waste of time to pretend that consciousness is simply an “amazing collection of almost mundane tricks in the brain.” Read More ›