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A woman stands contemplative in a futuristic mirror maze, surrounded by reflections and green neon lights.

Monkey Wrenched: Science & the Specter of Private Truth

The landscape in which science flourishes has greatly changed. A rising power threatens even popular science staples like Darwinism. I call that new power “private truth.”
Many people experience a vast liberation when they are freed from the constraints of logic, reason and evidence. They won’t part lightly with their new freedom. Read More ›
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Evolution Debate: Today, a Priest Might Win Over Clarence Darrow

The National Catholic Register offers an interesting take on today’s hundredth anniversary of the Scopes trial verdict
Fr. Martin Hilbert argues that causality — design, to use the more loaded term — is written deep into nature, and the best science demonstrates that. Read More ›