I think religion for many people is some sort of moral viagra.

In fact, of course, science is an unparalleled playground of the imagination, populated by unlikely characters with wonderful names (messenger RNA, black holes…

Not a single one of the cells that compose you knows who you are, or cares.

The distinction between responsible moral agents and beings with diminished or no responsibility is coherent, real, and important. It is coherent, even if in m…