These discussion papers grew out of conversations among the members of the New Enlightenment Project. The original intention was to have them appear on a page of the group’s website to help clarify the NEP’s…
Dr. DiCarlo warns that humanity is building an unprecedented “god-like” intelligence – a bold claim from a philosopher who thinks fabricating a research paper proves sentience. The Core Concern: Building a God Dr. DiCarlo argues…
How does Jerry Coyne show that intelligent design fails scientific tests, and why does religiosity predict resistance to evolution? Jerry Coyne is an American evolutionary biologist and emeritus professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at…
Irene Deschênes speaks with Scott Jacobsen about the abuse of women in the Catholic church.
What evidence threshold should resolve the Kamloops residential school claims? Frances Widdowson is a Canadian political scientist, author, and commentator known for critical analyses of Indigenous policy, higher education, and academic governance. A former associate…
This article by Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson is part of an anthology Unadorned: Conversations on Antisemitism that will be edited and published by Scott Douglas Jacobsen (In-Sight Publishing / Apple Books) in October, 2025. Television was…
Do large language models truly think, or are they probabilistic text engines—and what does this imply for truth standards, persuasion risks, medicine, and legal translation? Gleb Lisikh is a technologist and journalist serving on the…
“The Act impermissibly endorses religion by advancing the religious belief that a supernatural being created humankind.” Supreme Court of the United States (Edwards v. Aguillard, 1987) “Creationism, intelligent design and other claims of supernatural intervention…
On the way to Quesnel, B.C., to discuss the fallout from the book Grave Error, Frances Widdowson faced a hostile interviewer who, among other implied accusations, explored the notion that the NEP board member was…
Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson I have been canoeing the Hanging Heart Lakes at the northern end of Prince Albert National Park since I was a youth. Oral tradition has it that the lakes were named following…
