scout Type post Author Jonathan McLatchie Date December 4, 2023 CategoriesEpistemologyScientific Reasoning Tagged , bias, Big Bang, climate change, closed-mindedness, confirmation bias, denialism, education, epistemic virtues, Eugenie Scott, evidence, evolution, global warming, human evolution, intellectual humility, intelligent design, Julia Galef, motivated reasoning, nanotechnology, open-mindedness, polarization, popular opinion, Science Literacy, self-correcting, self-deception, Stem Cell Research, TEDx talk Why Science Needs a Scout Mindset: Lessons from Julia Galef Jonathan McLatchie December 4, 2023 Epistemology, Scientific Reasoning 14 The soldier mindset, also known as motivated reasoning, leads us to defend the stronghold of our belief commitments against intellectual threats, come what may. Read More ›
galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date September 7, 2022 CategoriesCosmologyPhysical SciencesPhysicsScience Tagged , astrophysicists, Big Bang, COVID-19, denial, denialism, disinformation, Eric Lerner, Frank Turek, hysteria, intelligent design, James Webb Space Telescope, pseudoscience, Return of the God Hypothesis, Space.com, Stephen Meyer, Vaccines Stephen Meyer: No, the Big Bang Hasn’t Been “Disproven” David Klinghoffer September 7, 2022 Cosmology, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science 3 Today, the mark of genuine disinformation is, often, the repeated, robotic use of the word "disinformation." Read More ›
education Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date May 31, 2019 CategoriesScience Education Tagged , __k-review, Cambridge University, classroom, critical thinking, debate, denialism, education, evolution, extraterrestrials, Forbes, ID the Future, neo-Darwinian theory, Paul Nelson, scholars, scientific literature, scientists Indoctrination or Debate? How to Teach Evolution Sarah Chaffee May 31, 2019 Science Education 4 A course in “Science and Nonsense” is intended to persuade, to herd students toward approved opinions. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date September 26, 2013 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , __k-review, anti-science, climate change, coyne, denialism, Nation, nature, Research, scientism, Views No Controversy? No Funding Michael Egnor September 26, 2013 Evolution 1 Recently at ENV, Casey Luskin contributed a great (and disturbing) article about Ohio State evolutionary biologist Steve Rissing. Read More ›
Type post Author Joshua Youngkin Date September 25, 2013 CategoriesEnvironment & Climate Tagged , __edited, anti-science, climate change, coyne, denialism, nature, News, science, scientism Evolutionary Biologist Jerry Coyne Goes All Scientistic Joshua Youngkin September 25, 2013 Environment & Climate 3 Even the firmest bits of scientific knowledge are socially constructed, incomplete and revisable. Read More ›
