Those unscientific creationists
Meet PhD astrophysicist Jason Lisle: As Director of Research, Dr. Lisle leads ICR’s gifted team of scientists who continue to investigate and demonstrate the ev...
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Those unscientific creationists
This one might be a stretch because I couldn’t confirm that George Washington Carver was a creationist. But I think this quote is suggestive: The public l...
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...
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...
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 ...
Those unscientific creationists
As I just did for Ben Carson, I’m profiling a creationist who also succeeded in a STEM discipline. This time it’s Internet wizard and self-made bill...
What about the Indian (Hindu) doctor?
As you know, Dan Kahan has been reflecting on the ‘Pakistani Dr.’ paradox: people who ‘disbelieve’ in evolution but use it in their dail...