Tag: quantum mechanics
Learning Wonder from Denton’s Latest
Around 50 BC Titus Lucretius Carus wrote a long treatise against finding purpose in nature.
Allostery: How Cells Do Remote Control
Cells have perfected action at a distance: not by magic, but by control of distant sites through carefully arranged functional intermediates.
Free Webinar, May 16: Compliant or Critical? Scientific Authority in the Age of COVID-19
“Follow the science!” we’re told. “Listen to the scientists!” Should we submit to such calls, or insist on thinking for ourselves?
The Science Guild’s Mask Is Falling Off
Theoretical physicist Richard Feynman quipped that “science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.”
Freeman Dyson: The Passing of an Iconoclastic Physicist
Dyson was careful to take an open-minded approach: not fully endorsing design, yet not rejecting it either.