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Scientific Truth Stands above Human Feelings and Politics
Editor’s Note: This essay is an excerpt from a chapter in the anthology The War on Science, edited by Lawrence Krauss (New York, NY: Post Hill Press, 2025). This excerpt is reproduced with the permission of Lawrence Krauss and the chapter’s author, Richard Dawkins, and Free Inquiry thanks them for their gracious consent to publish …
How Similar Are Human and Chimp Genomes, Really? Quantifying Genetic Difference Isn’t Straightforward
The Trump administration seems determined to gut the scientific research establishment in the United States. Despite the fact that vaccines have likely saved over 100 million human lives, more than any other technology except water sanitation, our country’s vaccine policy is now led by a vaccine skeptic. Despite the fact that over 97 percent of …
This article is available for free to all.Who’d Be a Creationist?
When the evidence that evolution happens is effectively conclusive, how is it that a significant proportion of people, especially in the United States, deny it happens? Over recent months, I have taken to debating and challenging creationists on social media, and this has led to some interesting insights and conclusions about their psychology and their …
This article is available for free to all.Land Acknowledgments Often Ignore History
I remember the first time I heard a statement at a public event along the lines of, “This building is located on traditional unceded Aboriginal land.” It was in Australia, and it struck me as disingenuous, simplistic, and patronizing. If the people making this statement really felt that badly about the land they (and possibly …
We Know That God Does Not Exist
God died in a gas chamber at Auschwitz in 1942. He allowed the Nazis to end his existence—forever. Over the seventy-five years of my life, my belief in God has dramatically changed. For the first five years, I had no concept of any god or deity.1 Then my indoctrination began. I learned to believe in …
This article is available for free to all.Reality Cracks Religion’s Rosy Lens: Two Views of the U.S. Meatpacking Industry
Given that six states have required consent for audio or video recording inside meatpacking plants—and will fine violators $5,000/day1—it’s remarkable that two different authors have recently written books about the industry. The books are interesting in and of themselves, but they also provide an instructive contrast between an analysis of the industry from a religious …
Humility and Humanity: A Conversation about Changing Minds
In this conversation, Seth Andrews and Melanie Trecek-King discuss the pervasive influence of identity beliefs and tribal biases. They reveal how they each navigated deeply ingrained worldviews and the importance of being part of communities united by a good-faith search for the truth rather than fixed convictions and identities. Seth Andrews: I’ve often been asked …
What Really Matters
When we stop asking questions, we stop thinking. God’s Existence Some people search for conclusions based on inductive reasoning, grounded in the laws of physics and empirical data. As a general matter, this is not an unreasonable approach. However, it is not clear that this method can be employed profitably when it comes to questions …
In This Issue October/November 2025
We are pleased to offer our readers a compelling, forceful essay from Richard Dawkins arguing for the objectivity of science. Science can and does provide us with a reliable depiction of reality, with that depiction becoming even more accurate and precise over time through the self-correcting mechanism of the scientific enterprise. But science can be …
This article is available for free to all.Brace Yourself for Trump’s Version of American History
Although Donald Trump continually whines about the 2020 election being “rigged” and “stolen,” he should be grateful he lost in 2020. Had he been elected, he would have missed an opportunity to reshape the telling of American history. Because he did not return to power until January 2025, he will be president during the United …
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