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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Cosmos 3.0 episode 1

Cosmos 3.0 Revisits Themes of the Past, with Familiar Historical Mythmaking

At a couple of points in episode 1, Neil deGrasse Tyson employs the “Book of Nature” metaphor, but he never gives its proper historical context. It’s actually a Christian concept. Read More ›
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Image: Host Neil deGrasse Tyson glimpsed in a screenshot from the trailer for Cosmos 3.0, “Possible Worlds.” 

Cosmos 3.0 with Neil deGrasse Tyson Arrives Tonight at 8 PM, Somewhat Dented

The second season (2014) spun a misleading narrative celebrating the triumph of rational, secular scientific culture over benighted, supposedly irrational and anti-science religion. Read More ›
Lawrence Krauss

Three Things Materialists Can’t Do Without

Further requirements could be listed, including some even more horrific than cloning. Read More ›
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‘Oumuamua Revisited: Prospect of Intelligent Aliens Puts Materialists in a Pickle

A mysterious oblong object, ‘Oumuamua, was observed a couple of years ago, transiting across the Solar System. Read More ›
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Origins of a Dictum

“Follow the evidence wherever it leads.” It's almost the official rallying cry of intelligent design proponents. Read More ›
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Science Uprising Challenges Atheism as the “Smart” Option

I was part of the creative team behind the project. So what is the idea behind that masked hacker, anyhow? Read More ›
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Science Uprising — Michael Egnor Responds to a (Thoughtful) Critic

“Although higher thought is not localizable to one region of the brain, it may be distributed to neurons throughout the brain.” Read More ›
Tyson StarTalk

Following Behe Review, Another Disturbing Peek Behind the Scenes at Science

Back in 2008, Science published an influential research article claiming evidence for a physiological basis behind differences in political views. Read More ›
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Earth as the “Presidential Suite” of the Universe

“We can detect more than a thousand problems that had to be solved in advance for life to be able to develop on Earth,” says chemist Marcos Eberlin. Read More ›
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First Episode of Science Uprising Is Out: Fake Science and Toxic Materialism

What if the way the culture directs us to think about our own biological origins is based on a vast, highly influential myth? Read More ›

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