By David Hegg

The straightforward assertions of Thomas Nagel, a tenured university professor of philosophy and law at New York University, in his book “Mind & Cosmos,” have robustly shaken the world of philosophy. He has stated that merely physical processes cannot account for the existence of “consciousness” among humans. In his words, this means “the materialist neo-Darwinian conception of nature is almost certainly false.”

Of course, those who have proclaimed and defended Darwinian evolution with religious-like zeal find this both unthinkable and detestable. And they are spewing all their venom at Dr. Nagel, whose only crime is suggesting that King Evolution has no clothes.

For as many summers as I can remember, my wife and I have vacationed in Central Oregon at a little slice of Heaven called Sunriver. There, after a week or so, my shoulders actually relax, my mind stops worrying about obligations, appointments and deadlines I need to meet, and I am simply able to enjoy the beauty around me. And it isn’t........

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