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Month: November 2013

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My life at Penn State (aka why I care about creationists)

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Praj / 5 Comments

A couple friends reminded me I should better explain my motivations for writing on this topic. Why does a random Jamaican-Indian-American* former space plasma p...

Values

Consistency and fairness in public policy

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Praj / 1 Comment

Ross Douthat believes tradition-based rules can be socially useful even they are arbitrary and inconsistent: One point I didn’t get to, though, is the extent to...

Education

Does understanding always matter?

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Praj / 1 Comment

Reflecting on evolution as the “foundation” of biology reminded me of  my teaching days in grad school. I’ve had to teach Maxwell’s Equa...

Education

Evolution: the “foundation” of biology?

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Praj / 4 Comments

“Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution” – Theodosius Dobzhansky Dobzhansky’s sentiment, or something like it, ...

Misc

A few definitions

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Praj / 2 Comments

A good friend wants me to define some basic terminology: When you have time I would be interested to understand the distinction you see (if there is one) betwee...

Values

Honesty vs rationalism in real human beings

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Praj / 1 Comment

I understand why scientists push hard for more evidence and rationality in public debate. There are many sloppy, dishonest, ill-conceived arguments out there. W...

Evidence/Values

On slippery slopes, evidence and fairness

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Praj / 3 Comments

Commenter Geremy worries about the long-term implications of allowing intelligent design in science class: I think my problem with [reading] the paragraph is th...

Evidence/Values

A thought experiment

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Praj / 1 Comment

The importance of separating facts from ideology was perhaps the most important lesson from my fellowship in DC. It stems from the basic belief that there is an...

Values

The good, true, and beautiful

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Praj / 0 Comment

I quite often feel that my greatest task as a father is to raise children who love what is good, true, and beautiful, and who are therefore aliens in this popul...

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