Type post Author Casey Luskin Date May 21, 2014 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __k-review, Continuing Series, cosmos, Cosmos (series), Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, history, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Responding to Cosmos Darwin-Defending Historians Debate Whether It’s Justified for Cosmos “to Lie” for the Sake of Science Casey Luskin May 21, 2014 Bioethics 9 At Colby College, historian of science Joseph Martin joins others in weighing in on a question that shouldn't be up for debate. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date May 15, 2014 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __k-review, Continuing Series, history, Mind and Technology, science Postscript on "Smart Machines" David Klinghoffer May 15, 2014 Bioethics 1 It's interesting to think about how long a delusion promulgated by Stephen Hawking has been a subject of contemplation. Read More ›
Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date May 13, 2014 CategoriesFaith & ScienceHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __k-review, history Early Human Religion: A 747 Built in the Basement with an X-Acto Knife Denyse O’Leary May 13, 2014 Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology 1 The little we know of early religion was not predicted by naturalist theses -- and has not confirmed any of them. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Flannery Date May 1, 2014 CategoriesEvolutionFaith & ScienceMedicine Tagged , __k-review, history Review: In Search of the Roots of Modern Medicine Michael Flannery May 1, 2014 Evolution, Faith & Science, Medicine 1 "Darwin's theory did not make a significant contribution to clinical medicine." What did, then? Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date April 30, 2014 CategoriesFaith & Science Tagged , __k-review, history, science, Views Jay Richards Skewers Neil Tyson and Cosmos for History Abuse David Klinghoffer April 30, 2014 Faith & Science 1 Besides the old standbys of alcohol, tobacco and firearms, you can abuse a lot of otherwise fine things. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Flannery Date April 14, 2014 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, history, video Let’s Celebrate "Alfred Russel Wallace Day" on April 14! Michael Flannery April 14, 2014 Evolution, Intelligent Design 1 Today is the anniversary of Wallace's public break with Darwin over the issue of teleology in nature. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date April 10, 2014 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __k-review, history, science War on Humans: Population Control in India Michael Egnor April 10, 2014 Bioethics 1 Malthusian ideology. Junk science. Genocidal blackmail targeted at defenseless starving people. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date April 6, 2014 CategoriesBioethicsEvolution Tagged , __k-review, history Myth-Making Aside, Eugenics Was a Mostly Progressive Enterprise Wesley J. Smith April 6, 2014 Bioethics, Evolution 1 I have often stated that biologist/eugenicist Charles Davenport was one of the great villains of American history. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date March 24, 2014 CategoriesFaith & Science Tagged , __k-review, history, video They Left This Out of Cosmos: Newton Saw Nature as a "Cryptogram Set by the Almighty" David Klinghoffer March 24, 2014 Faith & Science 1 Watching Episode 3, I thought of John Maynard Keynes's summary of the relationship of Isaac Newton's science to his religious beliefs. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date March 18, 2014 CategoriesEvolutionFaith & Science Tagged , __k-review, history, Views Can Butterflies Be Intellectual Snobs? Michael Egnor March 18, 2014 Evolution, Faith & Science 1 Jerry Coyne asks an amusing question: "Are atheists intellectual snobs?" Read More ›