Tag: fiction
Let’s Make Orwell Fiction Again!
Today, intelligent design is a thoughtcrime. Using words that help others recognize the meaning that underlies nature may be the severest offense.
Taking Leave of Darwin’s Warm Little Pond
Neil Thomas explores some of the cultural influences that primed society to view the leap from non-life to life as easily made.
From Scientific American, Another Bedtime Story for Atheists
The upshot of the best modern biology and cosmology can be epitomized by changing just one word in physicist Steven Weinberg’s famous comment.
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.
Darwin and the Devolution of Story
Darwinian materialism suggests that the impulse toward artistic creation is merely the human songbird attracting a mate.