Tag: science
Compelled by Multiverse Logic
You’re a Bad Egg if you doubt the multiverse, whatever the flavor, in the same Basket of Bad Eggs as evolution deniers.
The Panda’s Thumb: An Extraordinary Instance of Design?
Optimizing a structure can sometimes come at the cost of certain design constraints.
Slouching Toward Totalitarianism — How to Fight Science Censorship
Scientific censorship is on the rise. Governments are colluding with Big Tech to suppress unfavorable ideas
Science Needs a Scout Mindset; Here’s Why
One advantage of the scout mindset is that it makes adjusting the confidence we have in our opinions more of a low-stakes enterprise.
One of Science’s Biggest Mistakes
Prevailing scientific assumptions often die hard, especially when they fit so neatly into an evolutionary view of the development of life on Earth.