Tag: skepticism
Listen: Jay Richards on Distinguishing Science from Scientism
Listen in as Dr. Jay Richards discusses the issue of consensus in science, and when to doubt such a consensus.
Michael Denton and Intelligent Design’s Big Tent
People who cannot agree on the details of a single theology, or any theology at all, do agree that nature gives an “overwhelming impression” (in Denton’s words) of design.
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.