Category: Culture & Ethics
Should Scientists Lie to Us for Our Own Good?
People suspect that we are being conned about a lot of things. How would an accepted, admitted policy of conning us not make it worse?
Thus Saith the Science: Recalling the Wisdom of C. S. Lewis on His 125th Birthday
Here, I conclude a conversation with Dr. John West about Lewis’s prophetic warnings to us about science and scientism.
C. S. Lewis’s Prophetic Legacy on Scientism
As an illustration, John West discusses the COVID pandemic and how that recent public health crisis revealed much of what Lewis warns against.
Pressure, Propaganda, and Persecution through Mimesis
French philosopher René Girard discovered something new, new but very old, about human behavior.
Why Free Will Denial Is Self-Refuting
The only “scientific” basis for the denial of free will is determinism, the theory that every change in nature is determined prior to its occurrence.