Tag: Karl Popper
What Drives All that “New Physics” Hype? Could It Be Fear of Intelligent Design?
Many thinkers are troubled by the massive evidence for fine-tuning of our universe. They want to believe that a multiverse just popped into existence.
Teaching Darwin: A Hypothetical Program
Charles Darwin himself contemplated being mistaken, writing “I have asked myself whether I may not have devoted my life to a fantasy.”
Fossil Friday: New Research on How Delicate Soft-Bodied Organisms Can Be Perfectly Preserved
All the just-so-stories of macroevolution are completely dispensable in real (experimental) biology.
Theory in Crisis? Some Cautionary Words
Philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn was criticized for various inconsistencies in his argument.
Richard Dawkins and the Law of Unintended Consequences
The New Atheists’ failure to understand the nuanced way that “ordinary people” think was a profound strategic error.