Tag: Neil deGrasse Tyson
Metaxas: A “Media Blackout” on the “Miracle of the Universe”
You are more likely to hear proponents of intelligent design being chastised even by media that ought to know better.
Science Historian Michael Keas on the Copernican Promotion
Myth-makers like Neil deGrasse Tyson think they have a superior source of human significance to substitute for the outdated, “childish” Judeo-Christian one
From Swamidass on Chloroquine Resistance, a Response that Doesn’t Respond
Swamidass’s response doesn’t address our main arguments, but he indicates he is impressed by what Darwinian mechanisms accomplished in generating chloroquine resistance.
Science Historian Michael Keas: Let’s Not Compound the Tragedy of Giordano Bruno
The medieval idea of burning people because of their religious beliefs is horrific, but it only adds to the tragedy to say Bruno’s death illustrates the warfare between faith and science.
Giordano Bruno: A Martyr, Yes, but Not for Science
Bruno was not executed for his view that we live in a vast universe with vast numbers of planets.