Tag: Harvard University
Remembering a Biologist’s Remarkable Confession of Faith
I am not of the opinion that we should speak only good of the dead. The passing of a public figure is a good time to consider his impact.
Honoring Richard Lewontin, Famed Evolutionary Biologist and Sometime Critic of His Own Field
The quote for which Lewontin has become best known appeared in his 1997 review of a book by Carl Sagan.
Richard Lewontin (1929-2021), Mensch
As I stood by the lab doorway, Lewontin — who was sitting right down front — looked back towards the door and caught my eye.
Why Computers Will Likely Never Perform Abductive Inferences
If you are going to get a computer to achieve anything like understanding in some subject area, it needs a lot of knowledge.
Why a “Budding” Neuroscientist Is Skeptical of Brain Scans
A major thrust of neuroscience has been the use of fMRI to correlate brain activity with thinking and to draw conclusions about the physical basis of the mind.