Tag: Louis Pasteur
Considering “Abiogenesis,” an Imaginary Term in Science
In the 17th century, medical pioneer Sir William Harvey and Italian scientist Francesco Redi both proved the untenability of spontaneous generation.
At the Smithsonian, the Nation’s Museum, It’s All Darwin, All the Time
At the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Charles Darwin dominates almost every exhibit.
Fables of Evolutionary Psychology (aka Sociobiology)
Evolutionary psychologists are prone to make up just-so stories which are then passed off as being entirely veridical.
Myths, Monsters, and Life’s Elusive First Step
The notion that the building blocks of life were easily gotten may have seemed intuitive to journalists and others acquainted with Mary Shelley’s novel.
Methane Causes Space Aliens?
Recent sensational headlines give astute readers occasion to contrast valid scientific inferences from leaps of faith based on worldview assumptions.