Content by 2013-2015 Sinai and Synapses Fellows (Page 3)
What Does It Mean for Religion If There Is Life on other Planets?
How would our religious perspective change if we discovered life on other planets?
Seeing God In The Solar Eclipse
I hold these things together: God indeed made the Sun and the Moon, and it pleases God to let us discover how it was done through the work of science.
How Do We Know What We Know?
Why are some sources of authority more alluring than others?
Does Science Need Its Own Rituals?
Does religion offer something special that science doesn’t?
A Computer Model of Atheism?
The Modeling Religion Project at the Center for Mind and Culture in Boston uses computer simulations to refine and compare theories of religion, cognition, and culture.
Is a Secular America a Worse America?
The United States in the 21st century is becoming more secular, but is this actually causing it to move in a progressive direction as many of us think?
Want to Study the Science of Religion? Start with this MOOC
If you’re curious about religion as a human phenomenon, this massive online-only course (MOOC) through the University of British Columbia will be a good opportunity to start learning.
A Conversation with a Mormon Biotechnician
A Mormon biotechnician asks, “Does the physical body explain everything about who we are?”
Genetic Knowledge Explains. It Doesn’t Predict.
What can we really predict about human behavior in light of increasing knowledge from genetics?
How Our Choices Change Our DNA
With new discoveries in epigenetics — how our environment affects our DNA — how much control do we have over our own choices?
Knowledge is Power… Especially When We Feel Powerless
We are gaining more and more knowledge about the intricacies of genetic information. But if knowledge is power, how should we use this power? How much does it help us and how much might it harm us?
Animals Evolve. People Evolve. Can Groups Evolve?
If evolution only involves discrete entities replicating themselves with high fidelity, then group-level selection probably doesn’t happen. But not everybody agrees that this is the litmus test for evolution.