Author: Sarah Chaffee
Intelligent Design, from Cicero to Kant
Darwin himself sought to overcome his own design intuition.
To Practice Science, We Must Philosophize
“Heisenberg would have never done quantum mechanics without being full of philosophy.”
University of Chicago President Decries “Efforts to Suppress Discussion of Charles Darwin’s Work”
Someone finally decided to stand up and defend freedom of speech as a defining principle of education.
In 2017, Watch a Spectacular Display of Intelligent Design
David Dickinson highlights next year’s total eclipse.
The World is Watching: Teach the Evolution Controversy to Foster Science Literacy
In teaching about origins, teachers could do a lot more to introduce “argument and debate.”
Students, Scientism, and Straw Men
If Barbara King really believes science is about continuous corrections and questions, she should be friendlier to teaching about the evolution controversy.
Use Your Brain: Scientific Controversies and Intelligence
“The brain is, after all, by far the smartest system we know of in the universe.” Well, then why not consider the possibility of design?
Theory or Fact?
Whether the subject is climate change or evolution, who determines what is considered scientific fact? A climate scientist weighs in.
Scientism, Values, and the Public Interest
One cannot use scientific reasoning to arrive at values.
The Lowdown on the Louisiana Science Education Act
It’s ironic that a law aimed at clarifying science for students should provoke so much obfuscation from its critics.