Tag: William Shakespeare
Determinism: A “Bizarre Position” Held by Scientists “with Great Confidence”
If it’s true, then all one says or thinks — right or wrong, true or false — was determined some 13.8 billion years ago.
That Hideous Strength — C. S. Lewis’s Fantasia of Consciousness at 75
The novel is a narrative, fictional version of a philosophical anatomy of the satanic dimension and implication of much modern history from 1914 onwards.
Mistakes Our Critics Make: Information Theory
Researchers felt compelled to describe biological information using such phrases as “coding schemes,” “carries meaning,” “core program,” and “hierarchical rules (grammar).”
Much Nothing about Ado: The Uselessness of Dehumanized Darwinism
To Darwinians, people are just another species of animal. But when they invent models to try to explain how human animals evolve their behaviors, chaos ensues.
But Why Not Go For It with Human Eugenics?
“It’s my opinion” is not a strong ground on which to take a moral stand.