Tag: Eugenie Scott
Remembering a Colleague, Mentor, and Friend: Jonathan Wells
To get ready for a research stint he shaved his beard and used hydrogen peroxide to dye his hair bleach blond to avoid being recognized.
Farewell to Jonathan Wells, Iconoclastic Scientist
His work resulted in forcing textbook publishers to correct their own work, a task they and their media enablers bitterly resented.
Why Science Needs a Scout Mindset: Lessons from Julia Galef
The soldier mindset, also known as motivated reasoning, leads us to defend the stronghold of our belief commitments against intellectual threats, come what may.
Yet Another Scholar Seeks to Airbrush Darwin’s Racist Legacy
Racists for decades, down to today, have looked to Charles Darwin as a champion of their ideas, and if they’re right about anything, it’s that.
Rosenhouse’s Whoppers: More Guidance on Reading Jason Rosenhouse
So much in Rosenhouse’s book is careless, giving no indication that he has carefully studied and adequately comprehended my work or that of my colleagues.