Tag: science
Jonathan Wells: Zombie Science Keeps Pushing Junk DNA Myth
How evidence is interpreted is wrenched into line with the ideology. And this is what we mean by “zombie science.”
Journalist Sam Tanenhaus Assails Conservatives on Science
Conservatives have not “always mistrusted science,” and do not now.
What Would Really Be “Catastrophic” for Science?
Beside his prophetic warning about the “military-industrial complex,” President Eisenhower was concerned about the scientific-governmental complex.
Stephen Meyer, Wesley J. Smith: Unmasking the Scientific Roots of Anti-Humanism
To adapt a story that Wesley tells, the motto of the phenomenon is: “Listen to the animals.”
Introducing the Richards Scale – Your Tool for Evaluating Grounds for Science Skepticism
U.C. Berkeley psychology professor Tania Lombrozo is concerned about “skepticism.”
Molecular Machines Reach Perfection
Does anything in nature achieve perfection? Yes, say Japanese researchers looking at an amazing molecular machine in a “primitive” life form.
Are Methodological Naturalism and Philosophical Naturalism the Same? A Dissent
In a previous post, I argued that methodological naturalism is a reasonable and neutral working principle limiting everyday science to natural causes.
Houston Chronicle, We’ve Got a Problem: Meet Fake News Reporter Andrea Zelinski
Zelinski’s articles portray the science standards battle as a struggle to introduce creationism or intelligent design into Texas’s science curriculum.
March for Science in a Nutshell — A Case for the Psychiatrist’s Couch
Our friends at The Stream were kind enough to ask me to enlarge on some points made here at Evolution News.
This from Bill Nye Saves the World Tells You About All You Need to Know
“It’s evolution, ain’t nothin’ new. There’s nothing taboo about a sex stew.”