The Thinker Type post Author David Coppedge Date January 16, 2024 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindScientific Freedom Tagged , 1984 (novel), Bertrand Russell, bias, Big Brother, C.S. Lewis, causation, clinical psychology, Darwinian evolution, determinism, Enlightenment, epistemic virtues, evolution, free will, George Orwell, J.P. Moreland, libertarian free will, logic, Miracles (book), Nicholas Caputo, North Korea, rigor, The Conversation, The Design Inference, theists, thought police, Trinity College Dublin, United Nations, William A. Dembski, William Provine, Winston Ewert, Woodrow Wilson Freethinking Cannot Be Darwinized David Coppedge January 16, 2024 Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Freedom 8 An otherwise good essay on the human right to freedom of thought falls into a Darwinian trap of illogical causation. Read More ›
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 ›
