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Education/Evidence

What are the benefits of believing evolution?

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Praj / 1 Comment

@PrajCK I’m sure Wilt Chamberlain was encouraged to be a better free throw shooter. @cult_cognition — Ben M. Schorr (@bschorr) October 29, 2014 — Ben M. S...

Authority/Education

The central meaning-giving task in our lives

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Praj / 1 Comment

As I said before, I’m shifting to a different lens on this issue. I’m going to work through passages of William Galston’s Liberal Pluralism an...

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...

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...

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...

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