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Did the Neanderthals have a cult going 130,000 years ago?

About the golden eagle. Okay, “cult” isn’t a designation of praise but it’s way better than how the Neanderthals were thought of in the past. Anyway, we are told that the birds used to snatch Neanderthal children. Maybe it was revenge.? Read More ›

Religious Nones: The bigger picture shows increasing polarization

The rise of the Nones means something important: Those who care about the Big Questions are more VISIBLY polarized. In politics, the Religious Nones are the largest group in the Democratic Party (30%) and 70% of declared Republicans believe in the “God of the Bible.” Read More ›

Rob Sheldon: The real reason there is a crisis in cosmology

Nearly everything that has failed about the Big Bang model has been added because of bad metaphysics, a refusal to accept the consequences of a beginning. The remaining pieces of the Big Bang model that are failing and which can't be attributed to bad metaphysics, were added from sheer laziness. Read More ›