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Recent Posts Tagged With 'scientific method'
a designer’s questions about intelligent design
You probably remember one of my favorite wannabe scientists, Bill Dembski. His lack of understanding in the very things he claims to have real expertise, penchant for assertions that aren’t even wrong, and pomposity that just begs to be taken d...
the invader zim syndrome
Admit it, even if you’re an adult, you still watch cartoons and might remember Invader Zim, a bitter indie satire about humanity as seen through the eyes of an incompetent alien invader exiled to Earth under the pretense that he was going on a ...
please use your nuclear arsenal responsibly
In ancient times, generals used to solicit magicians and soothsayers who would try their best to predict how a major battle will go and used fresh sheep livers or astrological manuals as a form of military intelligence. But today, with satellites, a ...
if you believe in science, you’re doing it wrong
I have a confession to make. Despite writing hundreds of blog posts that tear into creationist arguments and show the hypocrisy of many verbal attacks on atheists, I’ve never read any of the awareness-raising books by Sam Harris, Christopher Hi...
templeton’s search for religious inspiration
The Templeton Foundation just published a new book which it’s been aggressively pushing on science sites and blog networks. Knowing the history and the goals of the organization, one can reasonably surmise that whatever the question the work tr...
a little song about science
Popular culture today portrays science as an incomprehensible, almost dogmatic concept used by those with countless degrees and a complete inability to engage in any meaningful way with the world outside their ivory towers. Of course this is rarely t...
Creationist science fair bans science
Say, do you want to inspire a budding scientist who might go on to make the kind of paradigm shifting discoveries that unlock the deepest mysteries of our universe? If you said yes, you should consider avoiding the science fair at the Creation Museum...
