Category: Science
Why much of the public doesn’t believe in science, a handy illustration
| May 18, 2012 | Posted by News under Media, News, Science |
“Claim: Advanced dinosaurs may rule other planets” Yup. Maybe. more
Fashionable bashing of “scientism” merely disguises its collision course with reality
| May 14, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, News, Science |
” … everything is supposed to be weighed and measured even though the human mind that evaluates the results is supposed to be an illusion.” more
“- ome, sweet “-ome,” in science usage
| May 5, 2012 | Posted by News under News, Science |
“In fact, it goes on for about 18 pages if you go to the Omics.org site and print out its list of omes and omics.” more
John Gray: “Scientism has been shown to be an illusion time and time again”
| May 3, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, News, Science |
“But it is another illusion to imagine that scientism will go away.” more
Sorting science from speculation: Handy guides available
| April 30, 2012 | Posted by News under News, Science |
Watch out for “may have,” “might have,” “could have,” “would have,” “would have to have” … in other words, the researchers are only speculating. more
Assessing Thomas Kuhn’s legacy: “It’s not so clear that there will be any more revolutions in physics”
| April 30, 2012 | Posted by News under News, Philosophy, Science |
If Hacking or others want to put down Kuhn, they’ll have to do better than this. more
He said it: Newton in Principia, on rules of reasoning for experimental philosophy
| April 30, 2012 | Posted by kairosfocus under Education, ID Foundations, Philosophy, Science, science education, Science, worldview issues and society |
The ongoing debates over methodological naturalism have pointed us back to Newton’s Rules for scientific reasoning. So, thanks to Paul Halshall of Fordham University’s Modern History Sourcebook, let us cite for reference: ___________________ >> Modern History Sourcebook: Isaac Newton: The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy [Excerpts] [The Rules of Reasoning in Philosophy] RULE I We… more
Can a paradigm in science be true?
| April 26, 2012 | Posted by News under News, Philosophy, Science |
The question might be easier to examine if we turn it around and ask, can a paradigm be false? more
Genetic meltdown causes adaptations? Journal paper doesn’t support it, merely states it
| April 24, 2012 | Posted by News under Darwinism, Intelligent Design, News, Science |
“Scientists can and often do make claims that are completely unsupported by their science. And AITSE is here to help you sort out the science from the bunk.” more
James Lovelock: A self-confessed climate “alarmist” changes his mind
| April 23, 2012 | Posted by nullasalus under Science |
James Lovelock, father of Gaia theory and previous forecaster of humanity’s doom by global warming, now says he was an alarmist who extrapolated too far in making his predictions. More after the click. more
“Magnifying the Universe” — Fantastic Infographic
| April 23, 2012 | Posted by William Dembski under Education, Science, science education |
Here’s a fantastic infographic that needs to be in every science classroom. I’ve seen similar ones, but this is by far the best: The Universe made possible by Number Sleuth Be sure to look at this in full screen mode. Whether you love or hate ID, you’ve got to admit that this is one beautiful… more
Bayesian thinking – and trusting one’s gut
| April 17, 2012 | Posted by O'Leary under Culture, Intelligent Design, Science |
The moment one finds oneself asking, “Could this really be true?” is not usually the moment one has the evidence that it isn’t. It’s the moment when one should feel free to articulate one’s doubts, at least to oneself. more
Yes, a Catholic can be a young Earth creationist in good faith
| April 13, 2012 | Posted by O'Leary under Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Religion, Science |
“It comes as a surprise to many Catholics to learn how little the church teaches in this area–how few tenets are established as true beyond doubt, … ” more
“It’s Friday, but Sunday’s coming!” — Nobel Prize holder Charles Townes on design thought and anti-evolutionism, in light of Michael Shermer in Sci Am on “the standard scientific theory” of evolution
| April 8, 2012 | Posted by kairosfocus under Atheism, Creationism, Culture, Darwinism, ID Foundations, Science, science education, Science, worldview issues and society |
What on earth does the title of a famous Good Friday Sermon have to do with the ID controversy? (Even, come Easter Sunday morning . . . ) A lot. Sadly. As I was reading and thinking about Dr Torley’s latest amazing UD series and some of UD’s ever so fascinating comments [one of the… more
Shroud of Turin continues to baffle researchers
| April 6, 2012 | Posted by News under News, Religion, Science |
That’s science working as it should. No fatuous claims are dredged up to explain it away. If we don’t know, we don’t know. Maybe some day we will know all. more
A scientist on why churchgoers might be much less trustful of science than decades ago
| April 5, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, News, Science |
The scientist as intrusive social worker … it’s a long way from Eureka!, and not exactly a winning or exciting image. more
Scientists: Getting to know our moral and intellectual superiors better
| April 5, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, News, Science |
Of course, most prominent scientists are not like this. But some are. It pays to know. And one of the vices of scientism is the airbrush. more
It’s not science that people are losing confidence in, it’s scientists
| April 2, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, News, Science |
Decline in trust in science ROSE with education more
He said it: Charles Murray on the fact that middle class people, including scientists, often go to church, …
| April 1, 2012 | Posted by News under Intelligent Design, News, Religion, Science |
” Of the academics and scientists in the GSS sample, only 16 percent said they had no religion. ” more
Contest: Who invented the phrase intelligent design?
| March 31, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, Intelligent Design, Science |
Charles Darwin uses the term in an 1861 letter, in response to something John Herschel wrote. more