Is choosing a religious affiliation on a survey just an exercise in placing oneself in social space?
The White House press secretary thinks prayer made a difference in the 2016 election. The real reason for Trump’s demand to re-open churches. Not all religious leaders are in agreement with opening them yet.
Religious exemptions are gutting civil rights protections, advocacy groups warn. What about religious freedom after Trump?
I had a good socially distanced laugh with my Moldovan atheist neighbors yesterday.
An atheist keeps the fast at Ramadan.
I, Pastafari review, inside the Church of the FSM.
This weeks’ Woo: Don’t believe what you think. It could be a SCAM. This device is not a scam!
Climate Crisis: Carbon emissions during the pandemic.
How much of your body is your own? Would you like it to have an “immunity passport”?
Seven traits of conspiratorial thinking.
Understanding radicalization and building resilience to counteract polarization.
Social identity threat predicts the concealment of non-religious identity.
How non-religious worldviews provide solace in times of crisis (because they deal with reality?).
Do we really want our robots to have consciousness?
Are there laws of history?
Long Reads: Conspiracy theories are a pre-existing condition to pandemic reactions. Inside Trump’s coronavirus meltdown. Can we escape from information overload?
Neutrinos are the most puzzling of particles.
This week I am reading this book: Galileo and the Science Deniers.
Some photographs taken last week.
While you are waiting for the kettle to boil……
Coffee Break Video: The importance of knowing you might be wrong. There is more to life than being happy.