Intimations of a New Worldview - by Brett Andersen
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Re-establishing the nomological, narrative, and normative orders through the reconciliation of science and religion.
Introduction This is going to be a long one. It is also pretty technical in places, although I have tried to keep the jargon to a minimum. In this case I think the length and technicality are worth it. The title of both this essay and the substack I’m publishing it on is “Intimations of a New Worldview.” This post is an outline of what I believe that worldview will look like. In this essay I am going to make eight claims, listed below. Most of these claims are supported by mainstream scientific research, which I will briefly review in the sections about them. The others require a little…
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