Contributions

Why Keeping Your Beliefs to Yourself is Immoral
November 5, 2020


It’s often repeated in secular circles that people should keep their beliefs to themselves. On its face, it’s an understandable sentiment, particularly given the source. Many skeptics have had religious dogma forced upon them, sometimes violently, so it’s no shock that they would take to the admonishment, “Believe what you want, just don’t bother me …

The Orchid and the Moth | Why Scientists Are the True Prophets
October 8, 2020


In 1862, Charles Darwin received a sample of orchids from Madagascar. Among them, he noticed, was a flower with an unusually long nectary, the orchid’s nectar-producing gland. At nearly a foot in length, this would keep the nectar from any known insect looking to partake. It got Darwin wondering. Days later, Darwin made a prediction: …