Otto Frisch and Rudolf Peierls Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date August 30, 2017 CategoriesScience EducationScientific Freedom Tagged , __k-review, "survival of the fittest", Adam Frank, Adolf Hitler, anti-Semitism, Charles Darwin, Francis Galton, history, Jews, Nazi Germany Freedom and Scientific Progress – A Necessary Relationship Sarah Chaffee August 30, 2017 Science Education, Scientific Freedom 3 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 ›
oak tree Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 21, 2017 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindPhilosophyPhysical SciencesScience Tagged , __edited, Adam Frank, Aristotle, change, convergent evolution, David Klinghoffer, electron, form, intelligibility, materialism, matter, mind-body problem, quantum mechanics, science, Werner Heisenberg What Is Matter? The Aristotelian Perspective Michael Egnor July 21, 2017 Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Science 7 Writing here yesterday, I pointed out the problems with materialist metaphysics. Read More ›
René Descartes Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 20, 2017 CategoriesBiologyMetaphysicsNeuroscience & MindPhysical SciencesPhysicsScience Tagged , __edited, Adam Frank, Aristotle, Cartesian dualism, David Klinghoffer, electron, materialism, neuroscience, René Descartes, res cogitans, res extensa What Is Matter? The Materialist Perspective Michael Egnor July 20, 2017 Biology, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science 6 Materialism isn’t really a metaphysical theory. It’s just a mistake. It’s a woefully inadequate understanding of nature. Read More ›
Billards Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date March 19, 2017 CategoriesEvolutionNeuroscience & MindPhysicsScience Tagged , __k-review, Adam Frank, consciousness, electron, evolution, materialism, quantum mechanics, science, University of Rochester Astrophysicist Adam Frank: Materialism’s Fatal Flaw Is…Matter David Klinghoffer March 19, 2017 Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics, Science 3 Materialists make a common assumption: that they know what matter is. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date March 2, 2012 CategoriesScience Tagged , __k-review, Adam Frank, Biomimetics, intelligent design, neutrinos, npr, science, snakes Scientists and Mistakes (If You Cry Easily, Get Your Kleenex Ready) David Klinghoffer March 2, 2012 Science 1 A blog post for National Public Radio almost made me cry. Read More ›
Type post Date March 1, 2012 CategoriesScientific Freedom Tagged , __k-review, Adam Frank, Andrew Breitbart, free speech, neutrinos, News, npr, science Breitbart on Free Speech, Free Thought Science & Culture March 1, 2012 Scientific Freedom 1 We wish we'd said it as well as he did. Read More ›
