Tag: evolution
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.
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.
Informed Choice Seen in Cellular Nanomachines
As imaging techniques approach nanometer resolution, the detailed workings of molecular mechanisms reveal precision engineering designs.
The Oldest Scorpion and the Decadence of Evolutionary Science
What do we learn from this case? In today’s science world it is no longer sufficient to objectively describe some nicely preserved ancient fossils.
Michael Denton and Intelligent Design’s Big Tent
People who cannot agree on the details of a single theology, or any theology at all, do agree that nature gives an “overwhelming impression” (in Denton’s words) of design.