Skeptical Hume held that “Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions,” and can “never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.”…
Category: Science
Improved Social Science? Don’t Laugh, It Could Happen
The theme is not unfamiliar: neither the falsehood nor the reasons for it are news. But three efforts at reform are worth knowing about. Source Read More Science and Culture…
Darwinism: Scientific Inference or Philosophical Preference?
Note from William Dembski: Darwinism: Scientific Inference of Philosophical Preference?, co-edited by Steve Meyer, Jon Buell, and myself, has just been released through Inkwell Press using its amazing book production technology…
Recent Work: A Theory of Intelligence Metrics
“A standardized inferential method has emerged for SETI, archaeology, forensic science, and the historical sciences generally.” Source Read More Science and Culture Today
In Debate with Meyer, Matt Dillahunty Brandishes His “Surveys”
Maybe Dillahunty had consulted some other survey that morning, but a “show of hands” is certainly no ground for adjudicating matters of this nature. Source Read More Science and Culture…
Book on “Brain Evolution” Hasn’t Aged Well
The first problem they mention is magnified. We haven’t got anywhere near figuring out “how the brain works.” Source Read More Science and Culture Today
In Canada, New Push for Euthanasia for People with Dementia
Some are celebrating Canada’s government “indefinitely suspending” legalizing euthanasia for mental illness as a great victory for life. Not me. Source Read More Science and Culture Today
As an Approach to Ethics, Longtermerism Makes No Sense
Elon Musk, whose ambition for space colonies is legendary, has said, “This is a close match for my philosophy.” Source Read More Science and Culture Today
The Law of Conservation of Information
There are a lot of details here, and the result is nontrivial though the conservation of information inequality looks utterly elementary and straightforward. Source Read More Science and Culture Today
Back in the Saddle: A Second Edition for The Design Inference
The big obstacle for me came from feeling at odds with my publisher, Cambridge University Press. Source Read More Science and Culture Today