Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature
Topic

Carl Sagan

2560px-The_Hall_of_Mirrors_at_Chateau_de_Versailles_France_8132693760
Photo credit: Michal Osmenda from Brussels, Belgium, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Consciousness, a Hall of Mirrors, Baffles Scientists

To contemplate consciousness is, as professor of religion Greg Peterson put it, like looking into and out of a window at the same time. Read More ›
atmosphere
Photo credit: NASA.

Science Sunday: Is Scientific Materialism the Best Framework for Understanding Reality?

The voices of pop science teach us and our children that "everything, if Darwin is right, is mechanical and blind and purposeless at the bottom." Read More ›
paws
Photo credit: droїd, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

By Using Floor Buttons, Can Dogs Talk?

The latest fad in the “Talk to the animals” arena appears to be a classic in confirmation bias. Read More ›
Francis Bacon
Image: Francis Bacon, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Can Science Escape Faith-Based Beliefs? Maybe It Needs Them!

"There is no way to venture into the unknown without this guiding light, and that light comes from a source that is not completely known." Read More ›
Palawan Water Monitor Lizard
Photo: Palawan Water Monitor Lizard, by Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Reptilian Brain Myth Is Still Alive and Kicking

Many psychology students are subjected to this day to an exploded pop neuroscience myth endorsed by celebrity scientist Carl Sagan. Read More ›
Director of Goddard Space Flight Center Dr. Makenzie Lystrup Swearing-In
Photo credit: Credits: NASA/Keegan Barber.

Sworn in on a Copy of…a Carl Sagan Book?

Of course no one "believes in Carl Sagan," but that is exactly the point — the oath has no teeth. Read More ›
Carl Sagan
Photo credit: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Yes, Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence — Let’s Hear Some for Darwinian Evolution

Carl Sagan famously said, “I believe that the extraordinary should be pursued. But extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” Read More ›
Charles Darwin, caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871
Image: Charles Darwin caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871

Darwin’s Category Errors and Their Consequences

Charles Darwin indiscriminately lumped together the organic and inorganic spheres — a grand category error. Read More ›
Bruno
Photo: Monument to Giordano Bruno, Rome, by Francesca Soria [CC BY-SA 4.0], from Wikimedia Commons.

Michael Keas Debunks Science-Faith Warfare Myth

“Scientists do love a good story,” says Keas. “Turns out there are plenty of stories we shouldn’t believe.” Read More ›
Apollo 17
Photo credit: Apollo 17/NASA.

A Miraculous Existence

Zeeya Merali asks a good question: If God desired to send us a message, how would He do it? Read More ›

© Discovery Institute