Category: Science
Slate on Evolution’s “Third Way”: The Sound of a Glacier Melting
I’m interested in “science as a cultural domain,” too. And here’s a great illustration of how the culture changes.
Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design Were a Turning Point for Me
We have connected alumni with scientists who are conducting key research related to the design debate. Other graduates have become professors themselves.
Bringing Past Articles Current to 2020: Butterflies, Hummingbirds, More
Here are items reported in 2019 that have made news in 2020: more on butterflies, hummingbirds, and the Cambrian explosion.
“We Are Not of Our Own Devising” — Wells, Nelson Pay Tribute to Phil Johnson
Philosopher of biology Paul Nelson reminisces on Johnson’s keen intellect, and his eye for hidden assumptions.
Scientific “Decadence” and the Myth of Objectivity
Scientists aren’t like “everyone else”: because of the prestige they enjoy, the impact of their being “uncritical of things that [they] want to believe” is tremendous. It can be quite corrosive, quite malign.