Tag: biology
Join Us: Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, April 23-25, in Southern California
The most spectacular example of an engineered living system is the human body, toward the invention of which the whole cosmos appears to have been very carefully aimed.
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.
“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.
Westminster Conference on Science and Faith, April 3-4 in Philadelphia: Design and the Designer
The culture bombards us with materialism. That’s the case even as, at deeper and deeper levels, science reveals evidence of a plan, foresight, a deliberately shaping force working upon nature.