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Sarah Chaffee

Thomas Jefferson
respect
Image: Thomas Jefferson, by Rembrandt Peale [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

At the Foundations of Science: Respect and Seeking to Understand

I've been reading the correspondence of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams — with its interesting argument by Jefferson for design in nature as a scientific inference. Read More ›
Veritas
truth
Photo: Class of 1875 Gate, Harvard University, by Abhijitsathe (Own work) [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

The Pursuit of Veritas

As the new school year begins, a group of Ivy League educators (among them, Robert P. George) urge college students to “think for yourself.” Read More ›
Young Man Writing a Letter
Image: "Young Man Writing a Letter," by Gabriël Metsu [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

In Science, a Factually and Logically Challenged Letter Decries ID and Discovery Institute

The writer, among other errors, tries to associate the theory of intelligent design with Turkey’s recent action in banishing evolution from its public schools. Read More ›
Otto Frisch and Rudolf Peierls
Photo: Otto Frisch and Rudolf Peierls (center) with William Penney and John Cockcroft, by Los Alamos National Laboratory [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Freedom and Scientific Progress – A Necessary Relationship

A familiar talking point holds that a rigid attitude to science along Darwinist lines is indispensable to technological advance, while academic freedom impedes it. Read More ›
school cafeteria
avoidance
Photo: School cafeteria, by the Library of Virginia [No restrictions], via Wikimedia Commons.

Schools Don’t Teach Evolution Dogmatically Because They’re…Underfunded?

National Center for Science Education links evolution "avoidance" with "inadequate supplies, inadequate support, hungry students." Read More ›
Alabama State Capitol
state
Photo: Flags of the states fly outside Alabama State Capitol, by Carol M. Highsmith [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

State Action on Science Education: 2017 in a Nutshell

All this represents movement toward the ultimate goal: the best science education for public school students around the country. Read More ›
CONCACAF
soccer
Photo: Final match, CONCACAF, 2016, by Los ruidos del deporte (Final CONCACAF) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Soccer and Human Exceptionalism

About a billion people watched the final match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. That’s around 1/7th of the world’s population. Read More ›
DOL companion

Dembski and Wells’s The Design of Life: Advanced Online Curriculum Available Now!

Delve into the data surrounding the origin of life, specified and irreducible complexity, genetics, the fossil record, human origins, natural selection, and more. Read More ›

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