Tag: Jonathan Haidt
With Scopes Trial Anniversary Approaching, We Need Science, Not Just Feelings
At best, Christian commitment without a reasonable basis is only shifting sand under believers’ feet. At worst, it invites disdain.
Why Are We Drawn to Beauty?
While I love Haidt’s emphasis and regard for the beautiful, I question the power of his argument about beauty as a remnant of our collective survival instinct.
Where Steve Meyer Agrees with an Atheist Marxist
The New Atheism is dead, or so maverick writer Freddie deBoer argues. But that doesn’t mean the New Atheists lost.
March for Science Is Going to Be a Hell of a Mess — Bring It On
Advocates of the theory of intelligent design have been protesting for open discussion for two decades now.