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Consciousness Began When the Gods Stopped Speaking
How Julian Jaynes’ famous 1970s theory is faring in the neuroscience age.
The Big Bang Is Hard Science. It Is Also a Creation Story.
Even with its explanatory power, Big Bang theory takes its place in a long line of myths.
To Understand Religion, Think Football
Sacred beliefs likely arose out of prehistoric bonding and rituals.
My Own Personal Nothingness
From a childhood hallucination to the halls of theoretical physics.
Angst and the Empty Set
We can experience nothingness, but does it actually exist?
An Atheist’s Guide to Spirituality
“I did not have to believe anything irrational about the universe.”
Why We Can’t Rule Out Bigfoot
How the null hypothesis keeps the hairy hominid alive.
How the Mormons Conquered America
The success of the Mormon religion is a study in social adaptation.
Flashback: Human Uniqueness
Shining a light on the spark that separates man from beast.
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