What are the benefits of believing evolution?
@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...
Tag: Tradeoffs
The central meaning-giving task in our lives
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...
Honesty vs rationalism in real human beings
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...
Summary, scientific thinking and Dick Cheney
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 ...
Evolution and cultural science literacy
Before discussing cultural science literacy, I want to briefly revisit the usefulness of evolution. Consider medicine: “I think evolutionary biology could...
Vaccines and the right to refuse
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...