The dysfunctional closet syndrome
Sandra Richter’s introduction to The Epic of Eden explains the “dysfunctional closet syndrome” and her desire to deal it a “mortal blow”: Everyone has a dysfunc...
Month: April 2015
Those unscientific creationists
Dan Kahan describes the protagonist in a 2012 paper on ‘cognitive apartheid’ that I highlighted yesterday (emphasis added): Krista is a high school ...
Is it possible for scientists know but not believe?
Dan Kahan and Adam Laats continue to study people who ‘know-but-don’t-believe’ in evolution. Adam asks his readers: Too often, the implicit go...
Theory vs. observation
My friend Victor has an interesting comment I’d like to highlight: In general, I find most of academic pursuits to be critical (self)-reflections in the w...
How one teacher deals with evolution
Though I don’t completely agree with her approach (I think we should let creationists be creationists and tell them they can succeed in science anyway), I...
Would Isaac Newton be welcome in science today?
Isaac Newton made some pretty impressive contributions to science despite holding these views: Newton considered himself to be one of a select group of individu...
Weekend science, religion, and etc. reading list
Here it is folks: John Horgan advocates ‘teaching the controversy’ when it comes to evolution, global warming and multiverses. Surgeon/scientist/blo...
On publicizing controversial ideas
Via Roger Pielke Jr, here’s former Science editor Donald Kennedy on controversial ideas: Donald Kennedy (Stanford, former editor, Science) on why controve...
Dr. K Responds
Dan Kahan graciously responded to my post about Hindu doctors who believe in astrology (of which there are many I assure you!): The Pakistani Dr leaves nonaccep...
On the God of the gaps
Ted Davis of BioLogos argues theology was crucial to Isaac Newton’s science: To see why Gleiser and others shouldn’t be so quick to dismiss the relevance ...