A while back, I started a series here called "Science Fictions" that I began by asking a simple question: Why is the space alien understood as science but Bigfoot as mythology? The reason I asked is that, still lacking specimens of either entity, decade after decade, answers are likely to be revealing.
Those answers help us see how "science" is understood, allowing us to interpret claims about the origin of the universe, life, human life, and the human mind.
In general, naturalism (the idea...
Published on July 01, 2015 04:37