math Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date August 18, 2023 CategoriesMathematicsNeuroscience & MindScience Education Tagged , algebra, algorithms, ancient Greeks, Arabs, California, Colin Wright, education, Jerry Coyne, literacy, pi, pizza, private truth, Pythagorean Theorem, Richard Dawkins, social justice, University of Nevada, whiteness, zero What Deep Social Change Underlies the War on Math? Denyse O’Leary August 18, 2023 Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science Education 6 The universal language of science is sinking under the weight of claims about trauma and privilege. Read More ›
Descartes Type post Author Eric Hedin Date August 15, 2023 CategoriesIntelligent DesignMathematicsNeuroscience & MindPhysics Tagged , electrons, fluid flow, Kepler’s Third Law of Planetary Motion, mathematician, quantum mechanics, René Descartes, square root, zero Intelligent Design in Imaginary Numbers Eric Hedin August 15, 2023 Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics 9 René Descartes, in 1637, is credited with being the first to assign this label to results involving the square root of a negative number. Read More ›
Big Bang Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date October 27, 2021 CategoriesFaith & ScienceMathematicsPhysical Sciences Tagged , Albert Einstein, Arjuna Das, atheism, Big Bang, black holes, general relativity, infinity, justice, Matt Dillahunty, mercy, Michael Egnor, morality, singularities, supernatural, Theology Unleashed, Thomas Aquinas, zero Are Singularities a Part of Science? Denyse O’Leary October 27, 2021 Faith & Science, Mathematics, Physical Sciences 4 "Any paper that discusses or describes singularities in the field equations of general relativity is discussing extra-natural objects." Read More ›
Bees Type post Author Michael Egnor Date June 11, 2018 CategoriesLinguisticsNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __k-review, abstract thought, Adrian Dyer, animals, Aristotle, artificial intelligence, Australia, dog, food, honeybees, humans, Melbourne, neurons, nothing, researchers, universals, visual cortex, zero Can Bees Understand the Concept of “Zero”? Michael Egnor June 11, 2018 Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind 6 The scientists credited the bees with more intelligence than some humans. Read More ›