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Image credit: Neanderthal-Museum, Mettmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Early Humans Were More Sophisticated than We Thought

Neanderthals were not just downing raw hunks of meat 70,000 years ago, as many of us have assumed. Read More ›
campfire
campfire
Photo credit: Manuel Meurisse, via Unsplash.

2022 YouTube Film Festival: Fire-Maker

Think of it: from computers to airplanes to life-giving medicines, the technological marvels of our world were made possible by this human use of fire. Read More ›
Covid
Photo credit: U.S. Secretary of Defense, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Rise of Totalitarian Science, 2022 Edition

Now, after two years, facts are becoming clearer — and so are the momentous consequences of the pandemic for our culture. Read More ›
tornado
Photo: Photo: A tornado, near Elie, Manitoba, Canada, by Justin1569 at English Wikipedia [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

The Underlying Principle Behind the Second Law 

Extremely improbable events must be macroscopically (simply) describable to be forbidden. Read More ›
church
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Meet the New New Atheists, Not Like the Old New Atheists

These atheists are finding the “Darwinian tower” less to their liking, and are laying down their bow and arrow. Read More ›
H. G. Wells
Photo: H. G. Wells, c. 1918, via Wikimedia Commons.

Literary Naturalism and a Time Machine

The sun is burning out, and life on Earth is heading for extinction. This aptly conveys Darwinian materialism’s vision of a meaningless universe. Read More ›
bonobo
bonobo
A bonobo at the San Diego Zoo, by Mike Richey / CC BY-SA (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/).

Using Bonobos to Bash Human Exceptionalism

As podcaster Scott Adams would say, there is simply no “payday” for these people in recognizing what makes us, as humans, unique. Read More ›
Murchison Widefield Array
Murchison Widefield Array
Photo: A portion of the Murchison Widefield Array, Australia, by Pete Wheeler, ICRAR, via EurekAlert!

Ouch, Huge Sky Survey Shows No “Alien Technosignatures”

I say “ouch” on behalf of materialists, atheists, and Darwinists. Ten million stars and not a hint of alien civilization. Read More ›
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Photo: Portland riot, by Tedder / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).

Darwinism Paved the Way to Our Perilous Cultural Moment

The year so far has delivered a stunning lesson in the fragility of freedom and of civilization. Read More ›
space shuttle Atlantis 2
Photo: Space shuttle Atlantis, by NASA.

By Design, Earth Is a Planet Fit for Fire

As we have seen so far in this series, fire was an absolutely crucial component in humanity’s rise to civilization and technology. Read More ›

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