Tag: Carl Sagan | Page 2 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Daniel Reeves

Date
September 26, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, assisted suicide, Carl Sagan, Cosmos (series), Darwin Day in America, Ernst Haeckel, Greek, John West, materialists, New York Times, nitrogen, oxygen, Sarco, universe, Wesley J. Smith}

Sagan’s “Star Stuff” and the Suicide Pod

_{Daniel Reeves
September 26, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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If life is nothing more than material or “stuff,” why not allow people to recycle themselves when they feel their useful lifespan has come to an end? Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
July 16, 2024

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Alister McGrath, Bertrand Russell, Cambridge University, Carl Sagan, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Cicero, intelligent design, John Ray, multiverse, natural theology, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Plato, Richard Dawkins, St. Augustine, universe, William Paley, Zeitgeist}

On Natural Theology and Natural Revelation

_{Neil Thomas
July 16, 2024

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Physical Sciences

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The nihilist sense of our having been involuntarily flung into the midst of some unchoreographed theatre of the absurd is swiftly offset, Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
May 28, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Carl Sagan, Communism, Contact (novel), Darwinism, En Arche Foundation, evolution, Grzegorz Malec, intelligence, intelligent design, Michael Behe, Michael Ruse, Nazism, Nicolaus Copernicus, Poland, Polish, pride, progressivism, Richard Dawkins, Richard Sternberg, SETI, Stephen Jay Gould, Western civilization}

Poland’s Intelligent Design Revolution

_{William A. Dembski
May 28, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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While Isaac Newton is universally regarded as the greatest physicist of all time, it is to the Pole Copernicus that we credit the rise of modern science. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 15, 2024

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, Carl Sagan, cerebral cortex, Christof Koch, consciousness, Dogs, Duke University, hard problem of consciousness, Max Tegmark, MIT, neuroscience, New York City, Yale University}

Consciousness, a Hall of Mirrors, Baffles Scientists

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 15, 2024

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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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 ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
November 12, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, assumptions, Bill Nye, Carl Sagan, Charles Darwin, cosmos, Daniel Dennett, earth, Jay Richards, materialism, Neil deGrasse Tyson, purposelessness, science, Science Uprising, scientific materialism}

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

_{Emily Sandico
November 12, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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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 ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 27, 2023

Categories
Life Sciences
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstractions, animal behavior, Carl Sagan, chimpanzees, confirmation bias, crows, Dogs, emotions, humans, marine biologists, puppies, Scientific American, TikTok, Washington State, wolves}

By Using Floor Buttons, Can Dogs Talk?

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 27, 2023

Life Sciences, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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The latest fad in the “Talk to the animals” arena appears to be a classic in confirmation bias. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 17, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Carl Sagan, consciousness, faith and science, Francis Bacon, James Webb Space Telescope, Marcelo Gleiser, paradigm shift, science, Thomas Kuhn}

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

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 17, 2023

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science, Physical Sciences

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"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 ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 12, 2023

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, analogy, Carl Sagan, cerebral cortex, emotions, Frank Drake, J.B.S. Haldane, language, neocortex, neuroscience, persistent scientific errors, Pulitzer Prize, reptiles, textbooks, The Atlantic, Yale University}

Reptilian Brain Myth Is Still Alive and Kicking

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 12, 2023

Evolutionary Psychology, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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Many psychology students are subjected to this day to an exploded pop neuroscience myth endorsed by celebrity scientist Carl Sagan. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Sheldon

Date
April 18, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atheism, Bible, Carl Sagan, faith and science, leaders, Maryland, NASA, photos, press release, women}

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

_{Rob Sheldon
April 18, 2023

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences

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Of course no one "believes in Carl Sagan," but that is exactly the point — the oath has no teeth. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
March 5, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Technology
Tagged
, Carl Sagan, chemical processes, computers, Cosmos (series), evidence, evolution, Evolution News, fossils, human brains, intelligence, intelligent design, iPhones, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, natural causes, natural selection, Second Law of Thermodynamics, self-replicating machines, tornado, unintelligent forces}

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

_{Granville Sewell
March 5, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics, Technology

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Carl Sagan famously said, “I believe that the extraordinary should be pursued. But extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” Read More ›