Whilst this has a bold title, the actual implications are mundane. Here at The Edger, we are in the process of assimilating the direct goals, discourse and method of various secular humanist enterprises. We wage war…

From afar, our planet is tiny, blue and fragile, held in a fistful of darkness. Pockmarked by light emitted from surrounding stars, some of which have travelled billions of years to reach us. The silence of…

My doctor (who happens to be my father) gave me a cold stare: He gave that infamous doctor’s look of being thoroughly unimpressed with my self-maintenance. His folded arms mimicked his frown. “If you want to…

In Darwin’s time, it was believed that selection occurs at the level of an individual - that an entire creature is either selected or not. But as we learn more about what we are made of,…

Dedicated to the 18,901 people, including children, harmed by those not thinking critically.

Goya’s famous painting should be the siren to our sensibilities. “The Sleep of Reason Brings Forth Monsters” is written in an effort to engrave…

One in search of answers through eyes of wonder, joy, and fulfillment:

One in search of answers through eyes of fear, conspiracy, and negativity:

Paul Bloom, an extraordinarily erudite cognitive scientist and Professor of Psychology at Yale, has just published a piece on Slate defending atheists against data suggesting that (American) secular types are less “nice” and less charitable than…

Shalini’s latest post got me thinking. Not about Stalin, communism or even atheism, but about the Annals of Improbable Research (the best articles are linked on the Wikipedia page).

Specifically she mentioned the familiar saying “like comparing…

PZ was in Toronto this weekend. (Actually, he still is in Toronto as I write this, but I am not.) Much to my surprise he didn’t make me any level of livid or even angry. I…

Following in the footsteps of Jeffrey Sachs and Sam Harris, Hitchens throws in his tucents with this article attacking Palin’s religious bent and anti-science outlook.