On Medium: Atheism’s Stunning Upshot: Life Derives from Nonlife

Read on about the atheist's positive task of grappling with the enigmas of how life could derive from nonlife, and thus what the nature of sheer lifelessness might be.

On Medium: Mother Nature is a Pedophile

Here's an article about the amoral disparity between puberty’s onset and the brain’s maturation, and the clash between nature's preoccupation and humanistic morality.

On Medium: Is “Wokeness” a “Protected Category” on Medium?

Read on about the pejorative sense of "wokeness" and the danger of overprotecting some ideologues with a double standard of censorship.

On Medium: Shakespeare’s Pantheistic Deflation of Art

Read on about what Shakespeare calls “Nature’s bastards,” the Romantic overcompensation for Christianity's demonization of nature, and the progressive revolt against wildness.

On Medium: Trump is a Boon for Cynical Misfits

Read on about how maladjusted outsiders fantasize about tearing down wayward institutions, and thus how Trumpism may appeal even to idealistic outsiders who know better.

On Medium: Are We All Illusions that Lead God Astray?

Here's a dialogue on nonduality, Western and Eastern views of enlightenment, and the implications of regarding our personal minds as misleading illusions.

On Medium: Is God a Trickster, Toying with Us to Make Faith Possible?

Here's an article about a theodicy that expects a solid case for atheism, so the evidence for God would be ambiguous to leave room for a choice to exercise religious faith.

On Medium: Apocalyptic Revelations and the UFO Coverup

Here's an article about why the most plausible reason for the coverup of UFOs would also be the most terrifying, assuming for the sake of argument that there's been such a coverup.

On Medium: Faceless Masses and Cheap Tribal Identities

Read on about secular humanism’s downside, the scientific objectification of people, and the postmodern distractions from our transhuman calling.

On Medium: Creativity is the Bridge that Unites Civilizers with Nature

Read on about the pantheistic insight that alleviates alienation better than alternative views of our position in the world, such as theism, mysticism, and physicalism.