Not unexpectedly, seeing as I am a chemist, I have written about science quite a lot. Here are some recurring themes and opinions about science I have covered over 73 entries on this blog:

• Science is, first and foremost, a method.
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I am a man who cares very much about definitions. I would argue that many disagreements arise simply because the ones in disagreement are using different definitions of the words. I have shared my wish that words were more precise, that is, that they did not have such a wide range in meanings.[1] If words have fewer meanings, there is less chance ( Read more... )

I wish that those trying to convince others about the reality of macroevolution would use examples like this one, instead of relying on elitism and such ( Read more... )

I have written a lot about origins, on various aspects of evolution, creationism, and intelligent design. To summarize these entries and state my views, it is crucial to define things, because a major reason for all the controversy stems from a lack of doing so.

First, the term evolution refers to at least 4 different things:

• Astronomical Evolution ( Read more... )

Back in the day when Darwin was doing his thing, another man also came up independently with the same theory. Darwin himself confirmed this in that he said once that Darwinism could have just as well been named "Wallacism ( Read more... )

without further ado...

awesome, well-written, and thorough article by science fiction writer Orson Scott Card

I must say that I think I may agree 100% with that article. It's what I have been trying to say for forever....

As a poor graduate student, I receive a free magazine for life scientists called The Scientist that would otherwise cost money. Yay me ( Read more... )

continuing a trend in entries on oft misused terms...

I may well have covered all of this in detail before, but here goes, anyhow, just in case:

It bothers me today that words are left so undefined in the current media debate between evolution and intelligent design. I have already covered the misuse of the latter term[1]; tonight (or rather, ( Read more... )

Scientists are so disgustingly biased sometimes that it kills me....

In the recent news, staunch evolutionists have attacked a graduate student in an attempt to prevent him from being award a PhD. in science education because his dissertation research was involving a study on the way kids are taught evolution in public schools.[1] He was not ( Read more... )