Tag: consciousness
How to Restore Science’s Lost Luster
More and more, the scientific establishment looks like a special interest group with biases of their own.
Another Cosmos Episode, Another Sermon from Pastor Tyson
Eventually, Dr. Tyson gets to Saint Charles. No, we mean that literally. Tyson calls Darwin “the greatest spiritual teacher of the last 1000 years.”
The “Surprisingly Consistent” Answer to the Question: Are We Alone in the Universe?
The firm belief in extraterrestrial life — a belief nearly universal in the scientific community — is an act of faith.
Teilhard de Chardin and the Incomplete Nature of Evolutionary Theory
As Thomas Nagel would argue today, any theory of evolution that excludes the origin of mind and consciousness from consideration is at best half a theory.
Do Physicalists Believe in Black Holes?
A materialist view of reality leaves out much of reality (love, reason, mercy, truth, etc.) so skittish materialists often call themselves “physicalists.”