Darwin's "Horrid Doubt": The Mind

Many people in their forties today grew up with science as the business end of naturalist atheism. In their view, a "scientific" explanation is one that describes a universe devoid of meaning, value, or purpose. That is how we know itisa scientific explanation.

Science wasn't always understood that way, and the new approach has consequences. It means, for example, thatmultiverse cosmologycan consist entirely of evidence-free assumptions. Yet only a few question whether it is science.

Indeed, ph...