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Stephen Hawking
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Rabbi Moshe Averick Takes on Stephen Hawking’s Nonsense of a High Order

Averick describes the work as “superficial,” “convenient,” and marked by “a glaring lack of profundity.” Read More ›
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Darwin and Milton: From Paradise Lost to the Origin of Species

Literary critic William Empson, in a famous study, described Satan as the de facto hero of the epic in a cosmic revolt against divine repression. Read More ›
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Is Methodological Naturalism Racist?

It is well established that people of color are poorly represented in STEM fields compared with their representation in the larger population. Read More ›
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Reviewing Sapiens — Back to the Guy Who Lost His Faith Over Harari

Podcaster Sam Davis told Justin Brierley that what did it for him was reading Yuval Noah Harari’s idea that “humanity is a weaver of stories.” Read More ›
The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
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Reviewing Sapiens: An Evolutionary Deconstruction of Human Rights

Yuval Noah Harari deconstructs the most famous line from the Declaration of Independence. Read More ›
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Jordan Peterson Springs the Trap of Scientism

There’s a gaping God-shaped hole in both Krauss and Peterson’s particular ways of spinning all this. Read More ›
Lawrence Krauss
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Jordan Peterson, Lawrence Krauss, and the God Hypothesis

Stephen Meyer opens his new book with a memorable anecdote about debating Krauss live while battling a fierce migraine. Read More ›
Parthenon
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Did Religion Evolve, or Was It Designed, to Foster Cooperation?

Harari’s assurance about building group cohesion is simplistic and woefully insufficient to account for common characteristics of religion. Read More ›
Alexander H. Stephens
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Scientific Racism and the Confederate Flag

Alexander H. Stephens was Vice President of the Confederacy. In 1861 he delivered an oration justifying slavery and rebellion on scientific grounds. Read More ›

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