Commentary by Joshua R. Farris If you’re a purveyor of recent neuroscience discussions, then you might think that consciousness is just a set of neurons firing in the brain. Nothing more. No soul or spirit behind it. Philosopher Matthew Owen takes this question head-on in his new book Measuring the Immeasurable Mind. In it he […]
A new study finds that 43% of millennials “don’t know, don’t care, don’t believe” God exists. By contrast, only 28% of baby boomers identified with that statement, an increase of 15% in two generations. Further, only 26% of Generation X and 16% of millennials believe that at death they will go to Heaven as a […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com By R. Clinton Ohlers The debate over the existence of extraterrestrial life has a surprisingly long history — one as old as the history of science itself. Astrophysicist and historian of science and religion, Parandis Tajbakhsh, recently summarized this history for the International Research Network for Science and Belief in Society. […]
Humans have been slow to appreciate the danger of climate change, but fortunately advanced aliens are on the scene and will save the day, an Oxford University professor claims. Aliens have not only arrived on planet Earth but are breeding with less intelligent humans to create a hybrid species that will save the planet, he […]