Tag: skepticism
Human Nature — New Book from David Berlinski Skewers Illusion of Evolutionary Progress in History
Berlinski schools Steven Pinker, the famed Harvard cognitive psychologist, on the relevant math, reminding him that “poorly defined problems very often lead to absurd solutions.”
Bechly: Lessons from the Ongoing “Rewrite” of Human Origins
The traditional “Out of Africa” theory is being abandoned as weakly supported by evidence, in favor of a welter of other hypotheses.
Averick Takes on the “God of the Gaps” Objection
He offers as an illustration the widespread skepticism in the physics community toward the possibility of anyone ever building a perpetual motion machine.
The “We Are Too Right to Debate” Folly
Global-warming public intellectuals have warned the media that if they allow skeptics to have a voice in stories, they will boycott giving comment.
In Wisconsin, a Win for Academic Freedom
A few aspects of this catch my attention as pertinent to our concerns here.