It is often said that science and religion are two different paths to truth. Religion and spirituality offer a sense of personal truth (what I will refer to as knowing) through faith and subjective experiences of meaning and transcendence. Science, on the other hand, offers an objective sense of the world—knowledge of how things exist …
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“The present time has one advantage over every other—it is our own.” (Charles Caleb Colton) People say that there’s a lesson to be had from COVID-19; that as a species, we have something to learn from the recent pandemic. Perhaps it will remind us of what really matters in life, or perhaps it will alter …
For all the climate change deniers and doubters among us, the following three points warrant some further deliberation. (And if you’re already convinced, they may prove helpful in future debates.) 1. Climate change science IS good science. What makes good science? The ability to make reliable predictions, for one. Contrary to what you may have …
It seems, after all, that in this world we find ourselves together. In quantum physics, there is a theory referred to as the many-worlds interpretation, which postulates the existence of an infinite number of alternate universes, each with a slight variation on past and each with multiple variations on future to come. It is the …
As an adolescent, I had a very strong disdain for all things religious. My bet was always on science, and as far as I was concerned, that meant that life had no place for religion. Evolution was my creation story; the primordial sea was my Garden of Eden. And God? Well, let’s just say I …
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