Tag: Royal Society
Meyer, Medved on Great Minds — Cambrian Explosion, Burgess Shale, and More
Animal forms come and go, but what links them as “acts of mind” (as Agassiz put it) is a “continuity of ideas,” not, says Meyer, the physical continuity that Darwin asserted.
Zombie Science: Darwin’s Theory Feeds on Raw Materialism
Most of us think of science as the enterprise of seeking truth by formulating hypotheses and testing them against the evidence. This is empirical science.
Next Time I Need a Therapist, I’m Staying Away from Jeremy P. Shapiro
For remarkable blindness to his own “thinking errors,” Dr. Shapiro gets a prize.
Farewell, Stephen Hawking
Recently, there was the increasing sense that he was being exploited by the media for his brilliant reputation.
New Website Advocates Free Science — An Idea Vital to the Progress of Knowledge
Let’s encourage dissent and embrace an authentically liberal approach to scientific inquiry.