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Month: October 2013

Education

Summary, scientific thinking and Dick Cheney

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Praj / 0 Comment

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 ...

Education

Evolution and cultural science literacy

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Praj / 3 Comments

Before discussing cultural science literacy, I want to briefly revisit the usefulness of evolution. Consider medicine: “I think evolutionary biology could...

Education

Why learn evolution?

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Praj / 7 Comments

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 ...

Authority

Vaccines and the right to refuse

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Praj / 0 Comment

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...

Authority

Tolerance and the right to be wrong

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Praj / 0 Comment

Jonathan Haidt describes the moral reasoning of educated Americans: If you’re an educated and politically liberal Westerner, you’ll probably acknowl...

Evidence

Have you separated any siamese twins recently?

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Praj / 0 Comment

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”...

Evidence

Creationists and scientific thinking

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Praj / 0 Comment

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...

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