A Sense of Wonder
science today appreciates that the link between curiosity and wonder should not, and probably cannot, be severed, for true curiosity – as opposed, say, to obsessive pedantry, acquisitiveness or...
View ArticleRemote Australian Caves are a fossil treasure trove
Cavers exploring a remote network of caves near Cairns in North Queensland, Australia have discovered a treasure trove of ancient fossils. Amateur caver Douglas Irvin, who led Dr Price to the fossils,...
View ArticleThe humanities aren’t science… but they should be
Maria Konnikova in the Scientific American, bemoans the increasingly quantitative approach to the humanities. Every softer discipline these days seems to feel inadequate unless it becomes harder, more...
View ArticleScience can’t reveal what our morals should be
Here’s an enthusiastic defense of the role of science that went a bit overboard. Lawrence Krauss, in a dialog with Julian Baggini, says: I think that science can either modify or determine our moral...
View Article50 years of Kuhn
It’s the 50th anniversary of Thomas Kuhn’s landmark book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. He claimed there are two kinds of science: normal science, when everyone works busily away building...
View ArticleDoes Kuhn Still Matter?
Thomas Kuhn once said, “Scientific development must be seen as a process driven from behind, not pulled from ahead.” His explanation of how science works, in the real world as opposed to the lofty...
View ArticleIs scientism an illusion? and where does morality come from?
“Scientism has been shown to be an illusion time and time again.” So says John Gray in his review of Johnathan Haidt’s book, “The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion”....
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