Author: Denyse O'Leary
Science Is Self-Correcting? Time for a Reality Check
In the wake of the Stanford scandal, the reasons why science often ISN’T self-correcting are attracting much more attention.
Is Life Just Chemistry, or Chemistry Plus Information?
Theoretical biologist Marcello Barbieri finds that many biologists see information in life forms as something that “does not really belong to science.”
Understanding the Mind: A Neuroscientist and a Psychiatrist Walk into a…
What’s most interesting about this discussion is how well the life of the intellect, engaged by science, gets on without guidance from eliminative materialism.
Clues About Consciousness from Dementia Research
The phenomenon is called “paradoxical lucidity” because it is unexpected and we know very little about its causes.
In Some Science Contexts, “Emergence” Really Means “We Don’t Know How”
The word often permits the improbable to be considered probable for the purposes of sounding like science without providing any.