Tag: science fiction
A Failed Attempt to Turn Darwin into Wilberforce
Nice try, Desmond and Moore. But criticizing Darwinian evolution does not make one a racist. The real Darwin is a far more ambiguous and conflicted figure.
Octopuses from the Sky: Scientists Propose “Aliens Seeded Life on Earth”
Host Sarah Chaffee and biologist Ann Gauger discuss panspermia, the topic of a peer-reviewed paper by several quite serious scientists.
Carl Sagan’s Love/Hate Relationship with Intelligent Design
Philosopher of science Paul Nelson explores an intriguing tension in the thinking of the famous scientist and science popularizer.
John West: C. S. Lewis and the “Human Fallibility of Science”
The spirt or psychology of the day gives us the science we wished for. This makes it highly fallible, and potentially dangerous.
Squid Game Explores a Dark Image of Humanity
While the show rejects the idea that men are nothing but brute beasts, it repeatedly goes out of its way to attack religion.