Tag: assumptions
Controversy Arising: Timetrees Unconstrained
Two theorists have created a stir in evolutionary circles, claiming that Darwinian phylogeny efforts (tree-building) cannot be constrained to one “best” answer.
Why the Conclusion that Life Is Designed Really Is Inescapable
For theists to eschew the claim that life is designed is puzzling, because nothing seems to force them to adopt that counterintuitive stance.
Scientist as Shaman — Seeing Through the Sham
Think, for example, of the late Stephen Hawking and how his fevered pronouncements in his final years were received.
On the History of Darwinism, Scientific Racism, and Hitler, Is Steven Pinker Objective?
Pinker is right that we should formulate our ideas based on evidence, not bias and preconceptions.
Is Science Objective? Steven Pinker’s Counterattack Against the “War on Science”
Unfortunately, Pinker’s overweening faith in science as a reliable path to the truth has its own problems.