solitary-study-moment-in-the-cozy-library-sanctuary-stockpac-904210279-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date August 30, 2016 CategoriesScience EducationScientific Freedom Tagged , __nedited, "chilling effect", academic freedom, censorship, Free Science, free speech, op-ed, University of Chicago, viewpoint diversity University of Chicago President Decries “Efforts to Suppress Discussion of Charles Darwin’s Work” Sarah Chaffee August 30, 2016 Science Education, Scientific Freedom 6 Someone finally decided to stand up and defend freedom of speech as a defining principle of education. Read More ›
Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date August 27, 2016 CategoriesCosmologyPhysical Sciences Tagged , __tedited, discovery, fine-tuning, planetary habitability In 2017, Watch a Spectacular Display of Intelligent Design Sarah Chaffee August 27, 2016 Cosmology, Physical Sciences 5 David Dickinson highlights next year's total eclipse. Read More ›
Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date August 23, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionScience Education Tagged , __k-review, Politics, Science The World is Watching: Teach the Evolution Controversy to Foster Science Literacy Sarah Chaffee August 23, 2016 Evolution, Science Education 1 In teaching about origins, teachers could do a lot more to introduce "argument and debate." Read More ›
Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date August 20, 2016 CategoriesFaith & ScienceScience Education Tagged , __tedited, "teach the controversy", “consensus science”, anti-science, censorship, conflict myth, faith and science, science education, scientism, suppressed evidence Students, Scientism, and Straw Men Sarah Chaffee August 20, 2016 Faith & Science, Science Education 4 If Barbara King really believes science is about continuous corrections and questions, she should be friendlier to teaching about the evolution controversy. Read More ›
Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date August 11, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent DesignScience Education Tagged , __k-review Use Your Brain: Scientific Controversies and Intelligence Sarah Chaffee August 11, 2016 Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education 1 "The brain is, after all, by far the smartest system we know of in the universe." Well, then why not consider the possibility of design? Read More ›
Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date July 31, 2016 CategoriesEnvironment & ClimateEvolution Tagged , __tedited, “consensus science”, defining terms, scientific reasoning, speciation Theory or Fact? Sarah Chaffee July 31, 2016 Environment & Climate, Evolution 3 Whether the subject is climate change or evolution, who determines what is considered scientific fact? A climate scientist weighs in. Read More ›
Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date July 29, 2016 CategoriesScientific Freedom Tagged , __tedited, “consensus science”, democracy, intellectual freedom, limits of science, Politics, scientism, scientocracy, values, worldview Scientism, Values, and the Public Interest Sarah Chaffee July 29, 2016 Scientific Freedom 4 One cannot use scientific reasoning to arrive at values. Read More ›
Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date July 22, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionLegal Science (jurisprudence)Science Education Tagged , __k-review, Nation, News The Lowdown on the Louisiana Science Education Act Sarah Chaffee July 22, 2016 Evolution, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Science Education 1 It's ironic that a law aimed at clarifying science for students should provoke so much obfuscation from its critics. Read More ›
Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date July 19, 2016 CategoriesPhilosophy of Science Tagged , __tedited, ethicists, eugenics, relativism, scientism, scientocracy, Social Darwinism Yes, There Can Be Science Without Scientism, and Without Relativism Sarah Chaffee July 19, 2016 Philosophy of Science 4 Can we reject the confines of pure materialism without rejecting the information-value of data? Read More ›
Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date June 23, 2016 CategoriesLegal Science (jurisprudence)Science EducationScientific Freedom Tagged , __tedited, academic freedom, creationism, critical thinking, public education, science education From Political Scientist Jeff Sadow, Here’s Straight Talk on the Louisiana Science Education Act Sarah Chaffee June 23, 2016 Legal Science (jurisprudence), Science Education, Scientific Freedom 3 It's rare for the media to offer a fair view of academic freedom legislation, in any state. Read More ›
