Summary, scientific thinking and Dick Cheney
Here’s a hodge-podge of thoughts on creationism and science education before turning to other topics: First a summary, mostly for my own benefit. Science ...
Month: October 2013
Evolution and cultural science literacy
Before discussing cultural science literacy, I want to briefly revisit the usefulness of evolution. Consider medicine: “I think evolutionary biology could...
Why learn evolution?
Until now I have glossed over scientists’ main complaint on this issue: creationism in science class. I’ll start addressing it now. But let’s ...
Vaccines and the right to refuse
Scientists have been studying disease transmission since at least the 19th century. We now have reams upon reams of peer-reviewed research and detailed mathemat...
Tolerance and the right to be wrong
Jonathan Haidt describes the moral reasoning of educated Americans: If you’re an educated and politically liberal Westerner, you’ll probably acknowl...
Have you separated any siamese twins recently?
Pediatric neurosurgeon and a creationist Ben Carson is a young-Earth creationist. He is not some wishy-washy “evolution is real but God directed it”...
Creationists and scientific thinking
Come on ref! It’s not a foul if no one got hurt. Forbes’ Alex Knapp explained why people who reject evolution cannot reason scientifically: if [poli...