Tag: Carl Sagan
Consciousness, a Hall of Mirrors, Baffles Scientists
To contemplate consciousness is, as professor of religion Greg Peterson put it, like looking into and out of a window at the same time.
Science Sunday: Is Scientific Materialism the Best Framework for Understanding Reality?
The voices of pop science teach us and our children that “everything, if Darwin is right, is mechanical and blind and purposeless at the bottom.”
By Using Floor Buttons, Can Dogs Talk?
The latest fad in the “Talk to the animals” arena appears to be a classic in confirmation bias.
Can Science Escape Faith-Based Beliefs? Maybe It Needs Them!
“There is no way to venture into the unknown without this guiding light, and that light comes from a source that is not completely known.”
Reptilian Brain Myth Is Still Alive and Kicking
Many psychology students are subjected to this day to an exploded pop neuroscience myth endorsed by celebrity scientist Carl Sagan.