Tag: Science After Babel
Shades of Titanic — Probing the Wreck of the Unsinkable Enlightenment
Science and reason were supposed to transform the world for the good instead of soaking it in gore.
David Berlinski on the Immaterial, Alan Turing, and the Mystery of Life Itself
If scientists thought that life’s origin and nature would soon yield to scientific reductionism, they have been disappointed.
Listen: David Berlinski on Chickens, Eggs, Human Exceptionalism, and a Revolution
Dr. Berlinski explores a chicken-and-egg problem facing origin-of-life research, and a blindness afflicting some evolutionists focused on human origins.
Listen: In a New Book, David Berlinski Gives the Devil His Due
Berlinski is at his best as he discusses everything from the Tower of Babel as a metaphor for modern science, to his friendship with Marcel Schützenberger.
Science After Babel: An Exercise in Self-Criticism
Until the day before yesterday, the imperial architects of the scientific revolution were well satisfied and sleek as seals.