Author: Denyse O'Leary
Burials Reveal Prehistoric Cultures Valued Children with Down Syndrome
We’ve all probably heard from one pundit or another that prehistoric humans discarded children with disabilities, just as animals might.
Consciousness, a Hall of Mirrors, Baffles Scientists
To contemplate consciousness is, as professor of religion Greg Peterson put it, like looking into and out of a window at the same time.
Atheism’s Four Horsemen — Where Are They Now?
“For example, I look at Pharyngula, which during its heyday was the biggest atheist blog on the Internet.”
Is Consciousness a Recent Development?
Few stopped to ask how a poet like Homer wrote the Iliad if he really was not conscious himself.
Human Origins and the Beginning of Art
There is now evidence of something like artwork among several ancient human types, not just Neanderthals. Thus, an academic controversy has arisen.