1. Belief, God Genes, and the Findings of Science
(Religion/Atheism)

...e was no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing else than meaningless indifference. He argues we are machines reproducing DNA and that this is our only reason for living. Wolpert also believe...

2. The Great Afterlife Debate: Michael Shermer v. Deepak Chopra
(Religion/General)

...ious behavior, subjects only need an occasional reinforcement to be convinced there is a real pattern (slot machines need only pay off infrequently to keep people involved). In an exposé I did ...

3. Belief in Belief
(Religion/Atheism)

...the only certain cure for poverty—the emancipation of women from the status and condition of breeding machines—that the human race has ever discovered.   In other words, "faith&q...

4. Designer microbes to save us all
(Good news/All)

...bsp;    Scientists feed the four ingredients in the desired order into DNA synthesizers. The machines are generally about the size of a laser printer and are studded with small bottles....

5. Devolution
(Religion/Evolution vs Creationism)

...y found floored them. A cell is packed full of exceedingly complex structures—hundreds of microscopic machines, each performing a specific job. The "Give me a cell and I’ll give you a...