In July 2022, Phillip Scribner wrote a series of letters to famous exponents of positions on basic issues. Each sketches how natReason solves a problem that the recipient admits has no generally accepted solution. They were written to physicists and philosophers of physics, neuroscientists, and philosophers of mind, along with some biologists, psychologists, social scientists, theologians, and famous commentators. Most letters were unanswered. They are reprinted here and grouped by topic because others may be interested in how various famous intractable problems can all be solved by the same approach.

From Enlightenment to Endarkenment

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• Jeremy Boreing, political commentator: The Daily Wire in a larger context

• Tucker Carlson, political commentator: Your show in a larger context

• Niall Ferguson, historian: A deeper explanation of why the West is different from the rest

• Jonanthan Haidt, social psychologist: Your argument about social media in a larger context

• Charles Murray, political scientist: Grounds for optimism

• Douglas Murray, political commentator: The cause of the war on The West and how to fight it

Physics/Mathematics

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• David Albert, philosophical foundations of physics: The ontological reduction of laws of physics

• Sabine Hossenfelder, physicist: The natural world behind mathematical physics

• Don Lincoln, physicist: The natural world behind mathematical physics

• Tim Maudlin, philosopher of science: Ontology as the foundation of physics

• Matt O’Dowd, astrophysicist: The natural world behind mathematical physics

• Leonard Susskind, physicist: The natural world behind mathematical physics

• Max Tegmark, physicist: How you are correct about the natural world being mathematical

Consciousness/Brain

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• Ned Block, philosopher of mind: The reductive explanation of the relation between consciousness and functional states

• David Chalmers, philosopher of mind: A less radical solution to the hard problem of mind

• Daniel Dennett, philosopher of mind: How science will confirm that you are correct about an illusion inherent in intuitionism

• Christof Koch, neurophysiologist: How to explain consciousness as part of the natural world

• Colin McGinn, philosopher of mind: Vindication of mysterianism

• Galen Strawson, philosopher of mind: Panpsychism without emergence

• Guilio Tononi, neuroscientist: You are in a position to explain consciousness

Goodness/Our Spiritual Nature

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• Sam Harris, neuroscientist/philosopher of mind: An Explanation of moral goodness and free will for naturalists

• Tom Holland, historian: Christianity and metaphysics

• Jordan Peterson, public intellectual: How to win the true civil war in the West

• Jordan Peterson, public intellectual: The nature of the divine sovereign individual

• Dennis Prager, political and religious commentator: The difference between good and evil in the natural world

  God, Nature, and Truth

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• Bishop Robert Barron, philosopher of religion: An opportunity that naturalism will offer the Church

• Paul Davies, physicist: An empirical refutation of your claim about what is logically absurd

• Andrew Klavan, political and religious commentator: Something more to learn from C.S. Lewis

• Robert Lawrence Kuhn, public intellectual: Reality with a nature that is closer to the truth on all basic issues

• Thomas Nagel, philosopher of mind: A naturalistic explanation of the kind you want that is reductionistic

• Ben Shapiro, political commentator: A naturalistic explanation of moral goodness on which to base your arguments

• Frank Wilczek, physicist: The God that you believe in does not exist yet