Can ESP Reveal a New Reality?
If ESP is real–that’s a big “If”–then our entire worldview would change. Existence would be somehow enlarged. But extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence.
Marvels of Space-Time
Einstein showed that space and time are essentially the same thing—a single entity, space-time. But space and time seem so radically different. How could space and time be literally the same thing?
Why the Cosmos?
The search for meaning and purpose is humanity’s never-ending quest. It is said that “How Questions” belong to the realm of science, but “Why Questions” do not. Yet startling scientific discoveries offer radical powers of explanation. Can “Why Questions” belong to science? What about the biggest “Why” of them all?
Arguing God from Consciousness
Some say that consciousness exists independent of brain, apart from the material world, and from this mystery some infer the existence of God.
What Makes Brains Conscious?
Everything I know — everything! — comes from my brain. Consciousness, our private sense of inner awareness, is the one big question to which we might find answers.
How do Persons Maintain Their Identity?
What does it mean to be a “self”? Look at an old photo. Then look in the mirror. Those two images are of the same person, right? How so? They don’t look the same. Their memories are different. And virtually every atom is different. We feel unity across time, but is this solidified self an…
How Do Human Brains Think and Feel?
Nothing means anything without our brains: not science, not theology, not politics, not love. Everything we know and do-all the sense of human thought, all the feelings of human emotion-all are the product of the brains in our heads.
Does the Cosmos Provide Meaning?
We know the age of the universe, how stars were born, how galaxies were formed. But does the cosmos have meaning? Not make-believe, feel-good meaning. But real meaning.
Is God Perfect?
What does it mean for God to be “perfect”? Perfectly knowledgeable? Perfectly powerful? Perfectly good? Did God create the “perfect world”? That’d be hard to believe.
Is God a "Person"?
If God exists, one most important question is whether God is a “person”. Only a person has awareness, beliefs, intents, goals, relationships. An impersonal force has none of these. If my hope counts, God exists and God is a person. But that’s absurd: my hope counts for nothing.
Does a Fine-Tuned Universe Lead to God?
We human beings sit roughly midway between atoms and galaxies, and both must be so perfectly structured for us to exist. It’s called “fine tuning” and it’s all so breathtakingly precise that it cries out for explanation. To some, fine-tuning leads to God. To others, there are non-supernatural explanations.
What Maintains Personal Identity?
What makes me a self? I see. I hear. I feel. How can separate perceptions bind together into a coherent mental unity? How can all be me? And how does my self persist through time?