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Houston, the Bullies Have Landed
Over at Bad Astronomy, Phil Plait has been doing a good job tracking the latest act in the depressingly long disaster flick known as Creationism. While many of the postings I have done here at Reality...
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Into the Breach of Science and Religion
“Science is not a philosophy; it’s an attitude.” So why, if I am trying to work out a new approach to science and human spiritual endeavor, would I spend 600 words in my last post jumping up and down...
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The Map, the Terrain, and the Nature of Reality
So the Bloggingheads.tv dialog between Eliezer Yudkowsky and myself is now online. I haven’t watched it (too weird) but I am told it was a steel cage death match of discussion, an octagon of oratory,...
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Science, Religion, and d'Espagnat’s Veil
Bernard d’Espagnat, the French physicist and philosopher, has won the controversial Templeton Award from the even more controversial Templeton Foundation. What is not controversial is the contribution...
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Sibling Rivalry in the Womb of the Stars: Play the Game Today!
And now for something completely different… In my day job, I spend a lot of time thinking about how stars form. The assembly of stars (and planets) constitutes one of the great frontiers of modern...
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The Awe-ful Truth about Science and Religion: Part I
“Whosoever can not do this, whosoever knows no such moments in his experience, is requested to read no further.” You can find these lines describing “religious experience” in Rudolph Otto’s The Idea of...
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Science, Religion and the "Ethic of Investigation"
In 1991, two British astronomers, Andrew Lyne and Matthew Bailes, created an uproar when they announced the discovery of a planet orbiting the neutron star PSR1829-10, a dead cinder of a once massive...
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The Platonic Imperative: Reality and the Many Worlds of Quantum Mechanics
Foundational studies of quantum physics hold a deep fascination for anyone interested in questions about the ultimate structure of the world. Quantum mechanics (QM) is now hovering around its 100th...
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Explanatory Gaps and Scientific Theories of Consciousness
Is there a gap which reductionist models of consciousness cannot cross? Lots of people find the idea that we are “nothing but” biological computers to be distasteful. How can all these profound...
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Sacred in the Mundane: Closing Arguments on Science and Religion
So it’s time to finish the thread on this discussion of science and religion. Many thanks to Melissa and DISCOVER for giving me the space to paint some ideas on this most contentious but vital subject....
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