The Candle Archive¶
"Science is more than a body of knowledge. It is a way of thinking; a way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility." — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Welcome. This is a small archive of essays on science — what we know, how we know it, and how we can tell the real thing from its counterfeits. The name is a nod to Sagan: a candle held up against the dark of superstition and pseudoscience.
Explore¶
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:material-telescope: Science
Essays on what we know and how we know it — evidence, derivation, and the discipline of checking ourselves against reality.
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:material-eye-off: Pseudoscience
Claims that borrow the aesthetics of science without its substance — examined on their own terms.
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:material-book-open-variant: Religion
Historical, textual, and empirical claims about religious traditions — examined with the same evidence-based lens.
Latest essays¶
- The Candle and the Dark — an introduction to the project and its method. 2026-04-21
New essays are published here as they are written. If something is wrong, say so — corrections are welcome and will be made openly.