Category: Culture
The Rise of Totalitarian Science, 2022 Edition
Now, after two years, facts are becoming clearer — and so are the momentous consequences of the pandemic for our culture.
Darwin and the Newtonian Metanarrative
People chose to believe what they wanted to believe in obedience to the then reigning intellectual fashion.
For Darwin, Timing Was Everything
Charles Darwin, as we saw yesterday, pulled off an intellectual coup against the major thinkers of the Western tradition. How did he do it?
The Ghost of Epicurus and the Doctrine of Natural Selection
The classical pantheon, lacking moral credibility, had become a source of embarrassment to thoughtful Greeks.
When Physicists Clash: Brian Keating on the Atheism of Steven Weinberg
“Almost a designer”? Interesting choice of words. It’s remarkable to hear such a frank discussion.