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With Scopes Trial Anniversary Approaching, We Need Science, Not Just Feelings

At best, Christian commitment without a reasonable basis is only shifting sand under believers’ feet. At worst, it invites disdain. Read More ›
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Clinical Psychologist Supports Human Exceptionalism

Gregg Henriques, a secular humanist, has developed an approach that accepts human exceptionalism without denying that animals have mental abilities. Read More ›
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On Giving Tuesday, Feelings Are Not Enough

Here was a believer, a very thoughtful one, who knew nothing about whether the God hypothesis can be defended on objective grounds. Read More ›
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Research: Our Brains Float Between Two Phases, Dodging Disorder

The good news, according to recent research, is that unsteadiness is the normal state of the human brain. Read More ›
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Bees with Feelings? A Darwinist Winces

Most naturalist philosophers of mind have held that human consciousness — maddeningly mysterious — is an illusion. Read More ›
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Consciousness Observes Different Laws from Physics

Keith Ward explains how we can know that the mind is not simply what the brain does. Read More ›
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Sacrificing Pre-Natal Wellness for Gender Ideology

We're told that applying a precautionary principle to protecting gestating babies is transphobic and akin to eugenics. Read More ›
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Darwin: Why Women Are Inferior

Any list of toxic male behavior includes disrespect for women, and Darwin bears some responsibility for that. Read More ›
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In Belgium, Subjectivity Triumphs Over Biology

The attitude will metastasize across society and culture, eventually corroding our most fundamental institutions and societal structures. Read More ›
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Five Reasons Why AI Programs Are Not “Human”

A Google engineer, Blake Lemoine, mistakenly designated one AI program "sentient." Read More ›

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