David Gelernter’s confession raised many an eyebrow when it was published in 2019, and for good reason. Source Read More Science and Culture Today
Category: Science
Misinformation About a Masterpiece: An Engineer Responds to a Colleague
“We have the anatomy department claiming the human spine is a bad design, whilst the engineering department is improving bridge design by copying it!” Source Read More Science and Culture…
High School Science with an Intelligent Design Perspective? Yes, Please!
Kristin Marais and Summer Edwards explain why they’re so passionate about teaching their subject and how the courses are designed with maximum flexibility. Source Read More Science and Culture Today
What’s an Explainaway? Here Is an Example from the Debate on Near-Death Experiences
Explainaways, whether possum tales or optical illusions, exist to protect a system from unwanted evidence by ignoring or dismissing it. Source Read More Science and Culture Today
Get Smart: Neanderthals Progress from Brute to Beaut
We must be ready to ask some questions about many of the evolution stories we have taken for granted. Source Read More Science and Culture Today
When Orcas Play — With a Dead Sunfish
While the orcas’ sunfish-exploding behavior is remarkable, it is consistent, after all, with their reputation as the “wolves of the sea.” Source Read More Science and Culture Today
Hey Octopus, How Did You Get to Be So Smart?
With the asocial brain hypothesis, researchers ask us to think beyond traditional explanations for why some animals display unexpected intelligence. Source Read More Science and Culture Today
Physical Beauty, Mathematical Beauty, Scientific Beauty
Fifteen centuries ago, when he was falsely accused of treason, exiled from his home, and awaiting his execution, Boethius consoled himself with those words. Source Read More Science and Culture…
Papers: Argumentation and Surprise Are Best Ways to Do Good Science
I’m sure the authors of these papers didn’t mean to pay ID any compliments, but everything we’ve seen here closely tracks with intelligent design literature. Source Read More Science and…
Science and Beauty: The Lens of Triperspectivalism
To the non-scientist, it may come as a surprise that scientists would appeal to aesthetic standards in evaluating the validity of scientific theories. Source Read More Science and Culture Today