I say you don't need religion, or political ideology, to understand human nature. Science reveals that human nature is greedy and selfish... →
Michael Shermer
Mysteries once thought to be supernatural or paranormal happenings - such as astronomical or meteorological events - are incorporated into science... →
Scientific prayer makes God a celestial lab rat, leading to bad science and worse religion.
Flawed as they may be, science and the secular Enlightenment values expressed in Western democracies are our best hope for survival.
But because we live in an age of science, we have a preoccupation with corroborating our myths.
In order to displace a prevailing theory or paradigm in science, it is not enough to merely point out what it cannot explain; you have to offer a new... →
Anecdotal thinking comes naturally; science requires training.
You have to know evolution to understand the natural world. And that cannot be a threat to people of faith. There's a serious problem if you are... →
Science is not a thing. It's a verb. It's a way of thinking about things. It's a way of looking for natural explanations for all... →
But there is only one surefire method of proper pattern recognition, and that is science.