Tag: Scientific consensus
Apocalypse Now — More Things Scientists Would Like You to Forget
We must never confuse scientific consensus with science. Science is inquiry. Consensus is cloture of inquiry.
Yale’s Gelernter: To Challenge Darwinism Is to “Take Your Life in Your Hands”
Fully as important as David Gelernter’s personal apostasy is his testimony about what happens to scientists who choose to “judge for themselves.”
A Child’s Intuition of Purpose in Nature Is No Accident
In 1929, child psychologist Jean Piaget called children “artificialists” who tend to regard everything as “the product of human creation.”
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.
March for Science Is Back — Time to Talk About the Much Abused Idea of Scientific “Consensus”
Nothing could be timelier than a conversation between Jay Richards and Michael Medved about when it’s permissible to doubt a scientific “consensus.”