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why quantity can so often overtake quality
# science

why quantity can so often overtake quality

Administrators are drowning in papers and statistics, but they're still incentivizing scientists to keep producing a tsunami of marginally useful papers.

why scientists always need to stay skeptical
# science

why scientists always need to stay skeptical

When it's getting harder and harder to make truly profound, world-changing discoveries, we have to double down on skepticism to make sure we don't lead ourselves astray.

how cranks and mad scientists are born
# science

how cranks and mad scientists are born

Scientists and engineers don't turn into cranks overnight. It's a process that usually starts by not knowing when to cut one's losses...

a brief addendum to the limits of philosophy…
# science

a brief addendum to the limits of philosophy…

Revisiting the "if you believe in science, you're doing it wrong" debate with an epistemological bent.

trying to find the limits of philosophy
# science

trying to find the limits of philosophy

At what point do considering the limits of our knowledge and different ways of understanding turn into pointless navel-gazing?

caught up in the bandwagon fallacy, people refuse to listen to science
# science

caught up in the bandwagon fallacy, people refuse to listen to science

Being told more people believed something makes you more likely to believe it too, even if science says the exact opposite.

templeton to nas: you will be assimilated
# politics

templeton to nas: you will be assimilated

Templeton sends a not so subtle signal to the National Academy of Sciences that they intend to keep spreading their tentacles deeper and deeper into all public discourse about science.

answering one fallacy with another
# science

answering one fallacy with another

Creationists attack evolution with a hydra of bad faith arguments and logical fallacies. Trying to counter them using the bandwagon fallacy is only playing into their hands.

dealing with the new generation of cranks
# science

dealing with the new generation of cranks

Today's cranks are more publicity savvy and sophisticated then ever, which is one of the biggest reasons not to hold back when confronting their nonsense.

a designer’s questions about intelligent design
# evolution

a designer’s questions about intelligent design

A few questions for the Great Creationist Information Theory Wizard William Albert Dembski about the design of the human body and genome.

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