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November 2018

November 29, 2018

The Power of Potentialism

We don't live in a world driven by potentialism. But we should.

September 2018

September 02, 2018

Storytelling while Secular: Writing about Loss in an Indifferent Cosmos

Last week I offered up a rather dense introduction to the storytelling problem of "sacrifice"...

August 2018

August 26, 2018

What We Talk About When We Talk About Societal Regression

This week in Colombia, the Constitutional Court overturned a two-year-old ban on bullfighting, citing its...

August 12, 2018

The Joker and the Supermen: Secular Story-Telling in a Spiritual World

It happens with uncanny frequency here in Colombia: when I talk to a male person,...

May 2018

May 31, 2018

“Philanthrocapitalism”: From Religious to Secular Masters of Men

One reason I resist strict religious/secular binaries is because shared human behaviours often warrant closer...

February 2018

February 26, 2018

Was God necessary for creation? Science suggests no.

Contrary to what ancient Christian theologians hypothesized, the universe was not necessarily created from a...

September 2017

September 28, 2017

That’s Not Critical Thinking: Dillahunty’s Folly

"I want to believe as many true things and as few false things as possible,"...

September 26, 2017

Scientism: It’s a Thing!

It's ironic that the people who are loudest in denying that scientism exists are the...

February 2017

February 18, 2017

Collaborative Truth-Seeking

Caption: Arguing people (Kick-ads, used with permission) Written by Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, Intentional Insights Co-Founder...

January 2017

January 23, 2017

What Would Gandhi Do About Trump? High-Time For a Science Of Wisdom

Source: wikimedia commons/ Mahatma Ghandi close up potrait Written by Charles Cassidy MPhys, Director of...

December 2016

December 28, 2016

The Easiest Trick to Breaking Out of Wrong Ideas

Written by Max Harms Source: Randall Munroe, used with permission Right now you have something within...

December 27, 2016

Meaning and Purpose: Quantified and Customized!

Source: Cerina Gillilan, used with permission Jackie felt a lack of meaning and purpose as...

December 23, 2016

3 Steps to Intentional Living

Caption: woman laughing (Source: Max Cherri/Flickr) How do you lead the kind of life...

December 01, 2016

Don’t Be Fooled This Giving Season: Give Wisely!

Caption: Facepalm by Captain Jean-Luc Picard (AJ Cann, Flickr) ___________________________________________________________________ There are millions of charities...

November 2016

November 15, 2016

Applying The Scientific Method To Charity

Caption: Hands touching world (image credit) Written by Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, Intentional Insights Co-Founder and...

November 02, 2016

Your Vote May Be Worth Millions!

Caption: Surprised Woman (Ohiane Abriteska, Flickr) Is it worth your time to vote? You...

July 2016

July 28, 2016

A Reason-Oriented Perspective on Meanings and Values

Caption: Happy people (image credit) _________________________________________________________ How can you collaborate with others to...

June 2016

June 21, 2016

The Panama Papers Reveal the Solution to Global Suffering

Caption: Image of an offshore island in the shape of a dollar. (image credit) ...

June 09, 2016

Why We’re Not Rational in Evaluating Others (And What The Science Suggests We Can Do About It)

(image credit) So imagine you are driving on autopilot, as we all do...

March 2016

March 27, 2016

Science Provides The Keys To Success In A Secular Life

As secular people, we know that there is no afterlife, and we need to...

December 2015

December 01, 2015

Secular Culture: Humanist, atheist and scientific poetry needed!

Jonathan MS Pearce is preparing an anthology of humanist, atheist, scientific and philosophical poetry and...

October 2015

October 19, 2015

In China, ‘Heaven’ Doesn’t Mean What You Think

Thanks to a lexical gap in English, translated Chinese philosophy sounds awfully religious -- even...