In my most recent post in this series on the science of purpose, I concluded that the proper means of understanding our world requires that we include both purpose and necessity as fundamental elements of any comprehensive…
Category: Science
New Paper Has Bad News for Popular “Oxygen Theory” of the Cambrian Explosion
The technical paper acknowledges that this level of oxygenation, if sustained, would indeed “challenge the view” that oxygen was a trigger for animal evolution. Source Read More Science and Culture…
“My Public Education Was Ruined,” Weeps Dover High Grad
A bit melodramatic, perhaps? Attorney and geologist Casey Luskin, who was present for part of the Dover trial, has this to say. Source Read More Science and Culture Today
Philosopher Steve Fuller on Science, Censorship, and the “Church of Darwin”
The conversation delves into the institutional censorship within modern science, where ID concepts are effectively barred from professional journals. Source Read More Science and Culture Today
Against Anti-LLM and Anti-AI Absolutism
Doug Smith has been a software developer for three decades. He writes extensively about the impact of technology on culture. Source Read More Science and Culture Today
Experts, Non-Experts, and the Wrong Experts
Philosopher of science Elay Shech gives RFK Jr. grief for a statement back in August that “Science is always evolving.” Source Read More Science and Culture Today
For MAHA’s Sake, Don’t Eliminate Animal Experimentation
Years ago, Dr. Edward Taub hypothesized that brain function could exhibit greater plasticity than it was believed at the time. Source Read More Science and Culture Today
Bringing a Moral Horror to America: The Assisted-Suicide Movement Wants It
Conjoining organ harvesting with assisted suicide or euthanasia gives society a “stake” in sick people being made dead. Source Read More Science and Culture Today
In Peru, Bees Are Granted the Right to Life
It is not as if nature or animals need to be granted rights in order to be protected robustly. Source Read More Science and Culture Today
Hidden or Revealed? Two New Guides for the Perplexed
As many already know, the beloved podcaster Scott Adams, beset by cancer, is wavering on death’s portal. Source Read More Science and Culture Today