Michael Hauskeller considers Nietzsche on the death of God and the birth of the superhuman.
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The Skeptic: issue 87
Publicly endorsing science is part of skepticism, but it isn’t always easy because so many people don’t differentiate between accepting science as the best method we have for building knowledge and treating scientists as if they were gods. Individual scientists are, unfortunately, as prone to mistakes and fraud as any other group of human beings. […]
Understanding Risk
There’s more to risk than weighing up probabilities, argues Duncan Pritchard.
Issue 86: introduction from the editor
In 1882, Nietzsche wrote, “God is dead”, adding, in case you had hopes for another timely resurrection, “God remains dead.” You can quibble about what he meant, but at the very least the idea is that the Enlightenment put a dent in ordinary religious belief. The rise of reason, tolerance, and free-thinking at the expense […]
Living with Robots: a review
A review by Alexis Elder.
The Skeptic: issue 86
Wendy M. Grossman on open access.
The Moral Argument for God’s Existence; or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Godless Morality
Erik J. Wielenberg is here to calm your fears.
Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
C. G. Prado considers the dangers in blurring the lines,
Being Born
Alison Stone wonders how a human life is shaped by having a beginning.
The Future Life of the Universal Declaration
Alan Haworth on the thinking behind rights, charters, and bills.
The Panpsycast
Q&A with Jack Symes
Fine-Tuning
Neil A. Manson considers the most popular argument for the existence of God.