Tag: fact
Faith in God Is the Only Coherent Basis for Reason
Atheists commonly assert that there is a profound dichotomy between faith and reason.
Happy Darwin Day! Here’s a Video Introduction to Signers of Scientific Dissent from Darwin List
What do you give a great scientist for his birthday when he’s already got everything?
Sociology Journal: Why Lobbyists So Persistently Call Evolution a “Fact”
The paper could cause a stir, since it has violated an “implicit agreement” that mainstream academics should never criticize public advocates of evolution.
Science Is Not Simply “What Scientists Do”
I was alarmed to see physicist Sabine Hossenfelder accept as a definition of ”science,” not a method, but merely “what scientists do.”
Is “Evolution” a “Theory” or “Fact” or Is This Just a Trivial Game of Semantics? (Part 5)
[Editor’s Note: This is a Part 5 of a 5 part series on whether evolution should be called a “theory” or a “fact.” For the installments, see Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5. The full article can be found here.] Many intelligent people use the “evolution is just a theory, not a fact” line–but they immediately get into trouble because, as I discussed in Part 1, the formal scientific definition of theory is typically understood to mean a “well-substantiated scientific explanation of some aspect of the natural world.” In other words, when talking to a scientifically minded crowd, calling evolution “just a theory” is not a good way to express scientific doubts about neo-Darwinism. As Read More ›