Tag: religion
Jordan Peterson Springs the Trap of Scientism
There’s a gaping God-shaped hole in both Krauss and Peterson’s particular ways of spinning all this.
Jordan Peterson, Lawrence Krauss, and the God Hypothesis
Stephen Meyer opens his new book with a memorable anecdote about debating Krauss live while battling a fierce migraine.
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.
Scientific Racism and the Confederate Flag
Alexander H. Stephens was Vice President of the Confederacy. In 1861 he delivered an oration justifying slavery and rebellion on scientific grounds.
In Sapiens, Admissions and Overstatements about Human Evolutionary Origins
Harari’s conjecture — “There are no gods” — forms the very basis for everything he says in the rest of the book.