Tag: religion
Wikipedia Co-Founder Larry Sanger on Intelligent Design and His Conversion to Christianity
Sanger was content with his agnosticism until a student posed a question about the fine-tuning of the universe and whether it pointed to a mind behind nature.
Pope Francis, Evolution, and the Curia
The Pontifical Academy of Sciences is “just another office down the street,” as one Vatican insider told me.
Meaning and Purpose from a Darwinian Process?
Dr. Emily Reeves looks at the top sources of meaning in life, including religion, relationships, and work, and evaluates the evolutionary view of each.
“Indigenous Wisdom” Would Make Environmental Science Less Scientific
Indigenous people were and are keen observers of nature but modern environment policy needs to be deeply rooted in science as well as culture.
Ross Douthat on the Universe’s Remarkable Intelligibility
Suppose that science itself suffers if we preemptively rule out certain conclusions.