Author: Denyse O'Leary
For a Change, Science Writers Think Critically About Science
They can be quite interesting when they allow themselves to play around with ideas a bit.
A Theoretical Biologist’s Mission Impossible: Banish Teleology While Retaining Meaning
The nonsense will cease eventually. But eventually is a long way off, if Barbieri’s dilemma is any guide.
What Deep Social Change Underlies the War on Math?
The universal language of science is sinking under the weight of claims about trauma and privilege.
Barbieri’s Dilemma: Biological Information without Intelligence
The problem is obvious: Information is by its nature immaterial. It is measured in bits, not kilograms or joules.
Recalling Orwell’s Timely Warning on Groupthink
The censorship he had to address was not a conspiracy or even a campaign; it was spontaneous.