The Heart & Mind Behind a Revolution: Book Review of “Boltzmann’s Atom”
I have a habit of wandering around public libraries until a book catches my eye. I do this frequently enough that if you were to plot the book titles I […]
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Why I Love Being Uncertain
We, humans, seem to be afraid of uncertainty. Or to put it another way, we yearn for complete certainty. But why? Oddly, science and religion, using their broadest notions, have […]
A Tale of Two Juries: Why We All Trust Science
By Julien Musolino Professor of Psychology, Rutgers University Francis Bacon, one of the fathers of the scientific revolution, warned us in the early 17th century that without the methods and […]
The Mathematics of Morality
By Professor Lance Linke Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence I’ve wondered for quite some time if there is a relationship between mathematics and morality. These fields have often been considered to […]
The Importance of Science Literacy – Even for Scientists!
Why is a public understanding of science important? It’s tempting to say: “how could it not be important, it’s science! The coolest thing in the world! Everything runs on science!”, […]
The Pathfinders in Uganda: Humanism, Science, & Colonialism
At Kasese Humanist Primary School (KHPS) in Uganda the students have a formal debate once a week. One debate I witnessed as a teacher there had the proposition: “Science has […]
Darwin vs. Newton: A Poem
Of all the scientists to come, alive, or dead On the list of contributions, two names march ahead Newton and Darwin, forever supreme Best minds to roam Earth, lovely and […]
Humanism, Morality & Forgiveness: Rutgers’ World Parliament of Religions
By Barry Klassel Humanist Chaplain at Rutgers University A couple of months ago, the Humanist Community at Rutgers was invited to be part of a panel discussion on the topic of […]
Philosophy’s Not Dead: Wave Functions, Breakfast Cereal, & Philo of Physics
Philosophy is the oldest study in the world, arguably beginning when Plato established the Academy in 428 BCE. Simultaneously, it is arguably now the most disparaged, where every few months […]
Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Pluto, Lovecraft, & the ‘REAL’ Reason Behind Cosmos
OK… OK… Hear me out on this one: Neil DeGrasse Tyson is an alien, or at very least working for an alien race known as the Mi-go who are described […]
Applied Sentience 