Tag: history
Imagine a World of Religions that Naturalism Might Indeed Be Able to Explain
Cognitive scientist Steven Pinker recently told CNN, “We don’t throw virgins into volcanoes any more.” No? Why not?
Animal Rights Zealots Insult Holocaust Remembrance Day
A movement that can’t distinguish between the worst evil perpetrated against humanity and animal husbandry has no business preaching morality.
Back to Basics: Reader Asks How We Know DNA Exists, What It Does
He also asks how we know what molecular machines like the nuclear pore complex look like.
A Historian Asks, "What if Other Human Species Had Survived?"
The morality of the 21st century will depend on how we respond to a simple but profound question.
The Lincoln-Darwin Myth Revisited
Did Abe Lincoln really read and admire Darwin’s On the Origin of Species? In a word, no.