Cross-posted from Slacker Astronomy As I awed over another unbelievable Hubble image I couldn’t help but think the Universe is teeming with life. With billions of galaxies with billions of stars over billions of years — the math is undeniable: even the most unlikely situations will occur a great number of times. This is articulated [...]

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Via this reddedit thread via Pharyngula I was made aware of this article: How to Think About the Mind and I found it very thought-provoking. I think the atheist viewpoint is that the mind and the brain are the same thing. There is no ghost in the machine. I don’t find that idea disturbing in [...]

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