Tag: Steven Novella
Is Joe Blow “Anti-Intellectual”?
Joe wonders how a scientist could be so wrong and still keep his job.
Foe of Intelligent Design Makes a Great Case for ID Science
Steven Novella is a Yale neurologist who has consistently denied that ID is a valid scientific inference.
What Explains the “I Suck” Principle?
Writing at Mind Matters, Michael Egnor dissects another illustration of the “I Suck” impulse at work. It’s from his fellow neuroscientist Steven Novella.
Darwinian Lysenkoism in America
As Lysenkoism enjoys a revival in Russia, it thrives here too.
Post-Modern Science: The Illusion of Consciousness Sees Through Itself
“It’s quite plausible” is treated as equivalent to evidence, eliding the question of how exactly we come to “consciously believe” anything.