Author: Paul Nelson
The Shadow of a Science Yet to Be Born
The paper by Tompa and Rose casts a shadow for us, and we need to trace its outline and derive the theory behind the shadow.
Opposition Is True Friendship: A Remembrance of Adolf Grünbaum (1923-2018)
How an atheist philosopher of science mentored an intelligent design theorist.
I Disagree with David Klinghoffer, But It’s My Fault for the Confusion
Evolution is an implication — that is, an empirical consequence — of design.
“Is Popperian Falsification Useful in Biology?”
A theory that “tolerates exceptions” is doing no work at all, simply wandering along behind the data like a puppy on a leash.
“For He Purrs in Thankfulness”
One of my favorite poems (actually, a famous extract from the longer work Jubilate Agno) is Christopher Smart’s “To My Cat Jeoffrey.”