To be a fully functioning moral agent, one cannot passively accept moral principles handed down by fiat. Moral principles require moral reasoning.

Human history is highly nonlinear and unpredictable.

One, I am skeptical of the effectiveness of nutritional supplements.

Scientific prayer makes God a celestial lab rat, leading to bad science and worse religion.

Humans evolved brains that are pattern-recognition machines, adept at detecting signals that enhance or threaten survival amid a very noisy world. ... But there is only one surefire method of proper pattern recognition, and that is science.

We know evolution happened because innumerable bits of data from myriad fields of science conjoin to paint a rich portrait of life's pilgrimage.

But there is only one surefire method of proper pattern recognition, and that is science.