No-Safe-Spaces Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date November 13, 2019 CategoriesScientific Freedom Tagged , __edited, Ben Shapiro, blueprint, Columbia University, David Berlinski, Dennis Prager, Evergreen State College, Fox News, free speech, Halloween, Hollywood, human nature, ID the Future, journalism, New York Times, Northwestern University, Phoenix, Stephen Meyer, Steve Buri, U.C. Berkeley, Yale University No Safe Spaces Opens Big Across the Country David Klinghoffer November 13, 2019 Scientific Freedom 4 Obviously, this is a subject that bears directly on the Darwin debate. Evolution skeptics were the canary in this particular coal mine. Read More ›
Stump Speaking Type post Author Bruce Chapman Date May 22, 2018 CategoriesBioethicsBiologyEvolutionPhilosophyPolitical Science Tagged , __k-review, atheism, Bruce Chapman, Columbia University, culture, Darwinian theory, economics, Ernst Haeckel, Germany, gnosticism, government, Heritage Foundation, Johns Hopkins University, Politicians, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson Darwin, Marx, and Something Called Political “Science” Bruce Chapman May 22, 2018 Bioethics, Biology, Evolution, Philosophy, Political Science 8 A central progressive theme was historicism, crediting history almost exclusively with the development of culture. Read More ›
Earth Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date November 29, 2017 CategoriesBiologyEvolutionIntelligent DesignOrigin of LifePhysical Sciences Tagged , __k-review, abiogenesis, Ann Gauger, astrobiology, chicken-and-egg problem, Columbia University, computer code, DNA, evolution, intelligent design, matter, metaphor, molecular machines, NASA, npr, universe “The Ultimate Bootstrap” Sarah Chaffee November 29, 2017 Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences 2 Caleb Scharf explores the degrees of magnitude separating the immensity of the universe from the smallest particle of matter. Read More ›
strings Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date July 19, 2017 CategoriesFine-tuningPhysical Sciences Tagged , __k-review, Brian Greene, Columbia University, Ethan Siegel, Higgs Boson, Large Hadron Collider, nature, Peter Woit, Philip Ball, string theory, Theory of Everything Post-Modern Physics: String Theory Gets Over the Need for Evidence Denyse O’Leary July 19, 2017 Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences 6 String theory, which took root in the 1970s, proposes that “all objects in our universe are composed of vibrating filaments (strings) and membranes (branes) of energy.” Read More ›
playground Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date July 5, 2017 CategoriesCosmologyPhysical SciencesScience Tagged , __k-review, Big Bang, Columbia University, Darwinism, Higgs Boson, Martin Rees, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Occam's Razor, Peter Woit, science Cosmology Is Naturalism’s Playground. But Does the Fun Mask a Science Decline? Denyse O’Leary July 5, 2017 Cosmology, Physical Sciences, Science 6 Cosmology has become an art form. Stylish essays are decked out with a very brief skirt of science. Read More ›
rots from the head Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date May 12, 2017 CategoriesCosmologyIntelligent DesignPhysical SciencesPhysics Tagged , __nedited, ad hoc hypotheses, Columbia University, consciousness, Cosmos (series), evidence, fake news, falsifiability, hype, illusions, multiverse, naturalism, Normal Science, Occam's Razor, panspermia, Peter Woit, post-truth, Scientific American, scientific reliability, simulation theory, Templeton Foundation How Naturalism Rots Science from the Head Down Denyse O’Leary May 12, 2017 Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics 5 The prevalence of, for example, fake physics, shows that we are in the midst of a philosophical decline. Read More ›