Religious Belief & Scientific Inquiry
Does Belief in God Hinder Scientific Progress?
Atlas Society Senior Scholar Stephen Hicks, Ph.D., recently sat down for a debate with theoretical physicist and cosmologist Lawrence Krauss in Boulder, Colorado, to explore the intersection between science, philosophy, and religion. We invite you to listen to the full recording on YouTube and consider whether religious belief is inherently antithetical to scientific inquiry and its implications for the scientific community and broader society.
Your Daily Dose of Objectivity for 2025
Start 2025 with a daily spark of insight and motivation! The new 2025 edition of our highly popular 365 Days of Ayn Rand Inspiration desktop calendar is now available from our online store.
The tear-off pages present inspiring quotes selected from Ayn Rand’s works, insights from Atlas Society scholars, and thought-provoking reflections from defenders of liberty through the ages—from Adam Smith and Thomas Jefferson to Milton Friedman, Margaret Thatcher, and Thomas Sowell.
Let each day in 2025 fuel your commitment to reason, productivity, achievement, freedom, and ethical self-interest. Whether for yourself or as a gift, this calendar is the perfect companion to inspire the best version of you every day.
Be sure to also browse the rest of our online store products for more things Ayn Rand!
When Big Pharma and Big Government Collide
The Atlas Society Asks Dr. Naomi Wolf on Wednesday, December 11 @ 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET. Naomi Wolf is a New York Times bestselling author, columnist, political activist, and previous guest on The Atlas Society Asks. She rejoins Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman to discuss her latest book, The Pfizer Papers: Pfizer’s Crimes Against Humanity. As a leading feminist speaker, Dr. Wolf has been a staunch critic of establishment views on gender, foreign policy, economics, and journalism, publishing numerous books in the field, including The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot and Outrages: Sex, Censorship, and the Criminalization of Love. Join the conversation and ask questions LIVE on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
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Religionists’ Self-Refuting Critique of Secular Foes as Religious: Join Atlas Society Senior Scholar and Professor of Political Economy at Duke Richard Salsman, Ph.D., Thursday, December 19 @ 3 PM PT / 6 PM ET for an examination of a recurring critique from Judeo-Christian public intellectuals who label secular movements as a form of religion. Those interested can listen HERE.
Miss yesterday’s webinar with Anthony Pompliano? Catch this conversation exploring How to Live An Extraordinary Life, a compilation of Pompliano’s letters to his young children, drawing on lessons learned in his life as a soldier, investor, and entrepreneur. A well-known Bitcoin investor, Pompliano shares his thoughts as the currency passes its historic $100K mark—and also shares what he loves about Ayn Rand’s literature and philosophy. You can watch the replay on YouTube and Facebook or download and listen to it as a podcast (Spotify, Amazon, Apple).
The Manufactured "Decline" of Manufacturing
Is U.S. manufacturing on the decline? Why does America lag behind China in global manufacturing output? How has manufacturing employment changed, and what does it mean? Atlas Society Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski answers these questions, among others, in an article arguing that the narrative of U.S. manufacturing decline is based more on myth than reality.
“A farmer with a tractor could do more work than 100 farmers with mules. Much the same thing has happened in manufacturing. The kind of manufacturing that dominates in the United States tends to be high-tech, automated, skilled, and highly productive. We aren’t making as many of the big and simple machines and instead are making more complex electronics.”
Throwback Thursday: The Nature of Ethics
What is the nature of Ethics? How does the Objectivist definition of ethics differ from most traditional definitions? William Thomas covers this in a lecture given during The Atlas Society 2015 Atlas Summit. We invite you to listen as Thomas explains the distinction between values and virtues and why we need principles. He also covers the argument that integrity is essential to ethics as a matter of personal virtue and the logical and factual consistency that ethics must have.
The God of The Machine, Inscribed and Signed
Interested in delighting a friend or family member with a rare, collectible gift? The Atlas Society is partnering again with Penultimate Rare Books to offer a special opportunity for our members to acquire rare and exciting collectibles—and support your favorite nonprofit at the same time!
This week, we present a signed copy of Isabel Patterson’s The God of The Machine:
"The God of the Machine is the greatest book written in the last three hundred years. It is the first complete statement of the philosophy of individualism as a political and economic system. It is the basic document of capitalism" (Ayn Rand, letter to Paterson's publisher, 1943). Signed and inscribed by Isabel Paterson, "at the request of Ayn Rand." This First Edition of Isabel Paterson's The God of the Machine (Putnam, 1943), is a very good Association Copy in original unclipped jacket, likely inscribed pre-publication.
More details HERE.