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Christopher Nolan’s Disenchanted Odyssey

In Nolan's supposal, the mad scientist takes on the mystique of a wizard. Perhaps this is fitting, given that he sees science and wizardry as the same thing. Read More ›
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Mind Behind the Universe? A Stereotype About Scientists May Be Crumbling

Joel Kotkin points to a recent conference that brought together top engineers, mathematicians, and scientists to discuss the “new synergy.” Read More ›
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Science, Faith, and Education: Not the Unlikely Trio You Once Thought

Note this: “religiously engaged people have become more likely to be well-educated, while atheists are less so.” Read More ›
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Who Pushed the Button? A Question at the Frontier of Human Inquiry

While answers may venture beyond the limits of the empirical sciences, that doesn’t mean the sciences don’t offer meaningful information to bear on them. Read More ›
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Endowed with Spontaneity: Celebrating Human Freedom

That’s 1930s-German-philosopher-speak for the power and freedom human beings have to know themselves, be known to others, and be active agents in the world. Read More ›
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Fashion and Faith in Conformal Cyclic Cosmology

This brings us, at last, to the remaining “cyclic” proposal, that of Roger Penrose, which is perhaps the most quixotic of all. Read More ›
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Spielberg’s Latest Is E.T. Without the Charm

Of the two characters in the film whom Steven Spielberg presents to us as the most compassionate and wise, one is a Catholic nun. Read More ›
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For Extraterrestrial Life, All Credit to a Creator

As Casey Luskin reminds us, technology-using aliens would — by the intent of the cosmic design — need to live on a planet like ours with a physiology like ours. Read More ›
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When Nancy Pearcey Walked Away from Christianity

On a new episode of ID the Future, we’re sharing a conversation with author, speaker, and professor Nancy Pearcey that originally aired on the eX-skeptic Podcast. Read More ›
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Science Liberated from Dogma: Story of Everything Offers a Journey for Creating Freethinkers

A 2013 book is a training manual for talking people who profess a religious faith, mostly Christian students on college campuses, out of their faith. Read More ›

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