And most of us aren’t even scientists. But we think we are. have a B.S., an M.S., and a PhD. Depending on your position in the ‘street vs book smarts’ debate, I may or may not be smart. Personally, I think degrees are overrated. I also think I’m smart. But…
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A Comprehensive Approach to Understanding Our Biosphere
Would our ancestors be proud of us? When I think of the problems humans face today: suffering, anxiety, inequality, social justice issues, war, pollution . . . I try to put things in an evolutionary context. On the one hand, we have come so far. We have created many wonderful ‘science’, ‘technology’, and…
Personal Responsibility, Consensus, and Faith in Science
For it to work we have to work together Scientific evidence directs acceptance or rejection of hypotheses. At the experimental level, this requires evidence. At the societal level, this requires faith.