The Alchemist’s Daughters

by Katya Sedgwick

Jake Mahaffy’s observation feels both timely and timeless. The things that matter most lie beyond the scientifically captured image—human relationships and the divine. Continue Reading »

17 Aug 2023

Tyranny by Numbers

by John Waters

If a society loses its intuition of the absolute necessity for certain principles and fundamental rights, it will lose the sense and memory of how its own equilibrium has been arrived at, and thereafter descend into chaos. Continue Reading »

22 Jul 2022

The Genius of Ivan Illich

by Brian C. Anderson

Ivan Illich’s star once burned brightly. From the late sixties through the mid-seventies—when his influence was greatest—this learned Roman Catholic became a countercultural guru, notorious for facing a 1968 Vatican inquisition that led him to cease exercising his priesthood, though he . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2022

Steven Pinker Meets Socrates

by Mark Shiffman

A transcript of an unlikely encounter. Continue Reading »

4 Jan 2022

Monkeying with Monogamy

by Hal Boyd

Looking to bonobos as co-architects of modern systems of morality is a troubling trend. Continue Reading »

8 Jun 2018

Bill Nye Unweaves the Rainbow—and Undersells Science

by Leah Libresco Sargeant

I’m pretty sure I’m in the target audience for Bill Nye’s new show—but it's breaking my heart. Continue Reading »

2 May 2017

The Only Begetter of Truth

by John Brewer Eberly Jr.

Congratulations to John Brewer Eberly, Jr. for winning first place in our second annual Student Essay Contest. Here is his response to prompt #1. Continue Reading »

16 Aug 2016

Warning Against the Fundamentalists of Scientism

by Wesley J. Smith

I have long warned that some are attempting to turn science from a method of obtaining and applying knowledge, into a belief system known as scientism. I am not the only one who has noticed. From a column about debate tactics employed before a recent vote in the House of Commons to permit . . . . Continue Reading »

25 May 2008

Jail Politicians Who "Ignore Science"

by Wesley J. Smith

The shamans of scientisim are growing increasingly strident. Yesterday, we discussed advocacy for creating a world authoritarianism to impose scientific consensus policies about global warming. Apparently, Dr. David Suzuki, the Canadian geneticist turned television star, has opined that politicians . . . . Continue Reading »

8 Feb 2008

The Corruption of Science by "The Scientists"

by Wesley J. Smith

The embryonic stem cell/human cloning debates are not about science. They are about ethics and morality and the proper parameters, if any, to place around the incredibly powerful biotechnological sector. Some of us have long contended that the science intelligentsia want a blank check—both . . . . Continue Reading »

14 Jan 2008