Type post Author Michael Egnor Date December 5, 2013 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __k-review, science, Views Scientism and Bertrand Russell’s Neutral Monism Michael Egnor December 5, 2013 Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 1 Russell was an atheist, but not a materialist. His observations on philosophy of the mind are of surprising relevance today. Read More ›
Type post Author Bruce Chapman Date December 4, 2013 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , __k-review, science, Views Meet Ma and Pa Bruce Chapman December 4, 2013 Evolution 1 A geneticist in Georgia contends as a scientific proposition that man descended from pigs as well as chimp-like apes. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Flannery Date December 2, 2013 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , __k-review, history, Views Book Recommendation: Ashley Montagu Edition of Darwin’s Descent of Man Michael Flannery December 2, 2013 Evolution 1 Removing the extraneous material also has the advantage of highlighting the most glaringly muddle-headed portions of Darwin's thinking. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date December 2, 2013 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, Views Intelligent Design as an Orange Flag David Klinghoffer December 2, 2013 Evolution, Intelligent Design 1 At a street corner regarded as hazardous for pedestrians, our Seattle-area suburban town has thoughtfully provided orange traffic flags. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date December 1, 2013 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __k-review, science, Views Jerry Coyne Ponders the P-Value of Motherly Love Michael Egnor December 1, 2013 Bioethics 1 The scientific method is applicable in only a small part of our lives, and it is one of our least reliable ways of knowing. Read More ›
Type post Author James A. Herrick Date November 29, 2013 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __k-review, science, Views C.S. Lewis and the Advent of the Posthuman James A. Herrick November 29, 2013 Bioethics 1 We read Lewis as a friendly uncle; we need to encounter him as a fiery prophet. Read More ›
Type post Date November 27, 2013 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, Colleagues' Responses, science, Views Rules for Discounting Scientific Pretensions Science & Culture November 27, 2013 Evolution, Intelligent Design 1 There are at least twenty reasons politicians should be wary of scientific claims, three scientists explain in Nature. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date November 24, 2013 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , __k-review, science, Views Evolutionary Science Never Rests Michael Egnor November 24, 2013 Evolution 1 We laugh at speculation about natural selection for smaller breasts, but most of us don't understand equally ridiculous speculation about remingtonocetids, ambulocetids, and protocetids. Read More ›
Type post Date November 21, 2013 CategoriesEvolutionFaith & ScienceIntelligent DesignScience Reporting Tagged , __k-review, Views Today on the Michael Medved Show, John West Will Discuss C.S. Lewis’s Views on Evolution, Intelligent Design Science & Culture November 21, 2013 Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting 1 For Lewis, the evolution debate was much more than academic. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date November 20, 2013 CategoriesIntelligent DesignLife SciencesPhysical Sciences Tagged , __k-review, Views If ETs Were Found, That Might Well Constitute Evidence for Intelligent Design David Klinghoffer November 20, 2013 Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences 1 Physicist and astrobiologist Paul Davies has a sensible op-ed in the New York Times that packs somewhat of a hidden wallop. Read More ›
