Scientific Method

Why The Universe Obviously Has A Creator (and Why Some Atheists Refuse To Even Consider It)

Rabbi Alan Lurie | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Scientific Method, Christopher Hitchens, Atheism, New Atheism, Religion and Science, Richard Dawkins, Agnosticism, Judaism, Religion News

To make the scientific claim that one will "go where the evidence leads," while not even considering the obvious possibility of a deliberate Creator, is to be intellectually dishonest at best.

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If It Bleeds It Leads

Frank Mazzotti | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Scientific Research, Burmese Python, Python, Scientific Method, Everglades, Everglades Cleanup, Ecosystems, Alligators, Miami News

Stories about large snakes feed directly into an archetypal fear that humans have of snakes, and stories about a feeding frenzy of snakes wiping out wildlife fuels a feeding frenzy of media coverage that wipes out the truth.

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Atheism: A Null Hypothesis On God

Christian Piatt | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Fundamentalism, Ricky Gervais, Atheism, God, Scientific Method, Metaphysical Society, John Caputo, Science, Belief, Faith, Agnosticism, Thomas Huxley What Is Atheism, Atheism Null Hypothesis, Disproving God, Religion News

There is no way to prove or disprove the existence of God. Especially when we can't even nail down what exactly it is we're talking about.

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Opinion, Fact and Hubris: Our Response to a Changing Planet

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Religion, Science, Genesis, Scientific Method, Global Warming, Climate Change, Science and Religion, Science News

When the fact of climate change becomes as evident to doubters as the orbit of the earth, perhaps we will learn from this colossal mistake of elevating opinion to the status of fact. If we are lucky enough, we will have another chance.

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WATCH: Why People Believe Strange Things

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Skeptic, Miracles, Intelligent Design, Religious Symbols, Video, Crop Circles, Scientific Method, Talk Nerdy to Me, Why People Believe Strange Things, Ufo, Science, Flying Saucer, Skepticism, Michael Shermer, Belief, Education News

Have you ever wondered why otherwise intelligent people believe things that don't seem to be grounded in reality or reason?

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You Do Not Have a Theory

Cara Santa Maria | Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: What Would Happen If, Scientific Method, Talk Nerdy to Me, Hypothesis, Observation, Science, Theory, Evolution, Gravity, Education News

You do not have a theory! You have an idea. A theory is not something that one person can so arrogantly possess.

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Doubt: A Scientific And Religious Perspective

Victor Udoewa | Posted 11.03.2011

Read More: Religion and Science, Doubt and Religion, Judeo-Christian Values, What Is God, Science and Faith, Book of Job, Scientific Method, Doubt and Science, Teachings of Jesus, Christianity, Doubt and Faith, Religious Experience, Religion News

Science is naturally skeptical, initially couched in doubt. Though doubt might be a stumbling block for science, it is a stepping stone for faith.

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The Common Ground Between Science And Religion

Jeffrey Small | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Paul Tillich, Alfred North Whitehead, Evolution, Faith, Faith and Science, Limits of Science, Scientific Method, Religious Fundamentalism, Religion and Science, Biblical Literalism, Religion Science Debate, Religion News

Critics of religion enjoy pointing out how many wars and how much suffering has been caused in the name of religion. But only science has given us the tools to kill each other in ways never before imagined.

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The Roles Of Doubt In Science And Faith

Victor Udoewa | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Faith and Doubt, Science and Faith, Religion and Science, Scientific Method, Scientific Process, Science and Doubt, Religion and Doubt, Religion News

Instead of the doubtless knowing God and the doubters not knowing God, perhaps a mysterious God is experienced in the alleys of doubt.

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The Death of Citizenship

Steve Nelson | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Critical Thinking, Education, Vouchers, Charter Schools, Scientific Method, Privatization, Propaganda, Curriculum, Media, Journalism, Rick Perry, Education News

Combine the decline of critical capacity with the explosion of information in the digital age and you have the seeds of a society where truth is whatever one chooses to believe.

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The Environmental Consequences Of Religious Scientism

Robert J. Cabin | Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Aldo Leopold, Environment, Intelligent Tinkering, Religion Science, Science Alternatives, Scientism, Food Ecology, Religion and Science, Scientific Method, Environmental Stewardship, Environmental Sustainability, Green Faith, Environmental Conservation, Religion News

Despite my continuing love of science and conservation, I have concluded that a more holistic, hybrid approach to environmental problems is more effective than formal scientific methodology.

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Watch out, the truth is slipping away

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Replicability, Jonah Lehrer, Pharmaceutical Research, Decline Effect, Scientific Method, Truth, Home News

However you define it, the truth implies a connection to reality that can be tested. It's true that helium is lighter than air and that water boils at...

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Islam, Science And Concerns About Creationism In The Classroom

Jalees Rehman, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Religion Science, Creationism, Biology, Scientific Method, Science Education, Science and Religion, Islam and Science, Evolution, Harun Yahya, Islamic Creationism, Muslim Creationism, Religion News

There is much discussion in the United States about the role of Christian biblical creationism in the classroom, however it is important to note that Muslim creationism is also becoming more visible.

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Facing the Oil: Women of the Louisiana Delta Nourish Hearts and Souls

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

A few years back I was in Tokyo for a Japanese P.E.N. conference on art and disaster. The theme focused on how art flows from the human response to ca...

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Lies, Damn Lies and Medical Research

Dana Ullman | Posted 11.17.2011

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Just because a drug treatment seems to eliminate a specific symptom does not necessarily mean that it is "effective." In fact, getting rid of a specific symptom can be the bad news.

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In Defense of Scientific Methodology

Steven Newton | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a recent piece titled "The Scientific Method: An Educational Train Wreck?" Dr. Larry Dossey made a number of statements so factually inaccurate, so...

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The Scientific Method: An Educational Train Wreck?

Dr. Larry Dossey | Posted 11.17.2011

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The way science is currently defined and taught is a profound violation of how today's youngsters -- and an increasing number of scientists -- see the world.

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The Burden of Proof: How Atheism Has Adopted a Worldview That Science Never Intended

Josh Schrei | Posted 05.25.2011

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When and where, in the history of science, do our greatest scientists tell us that one should live their lives believing only in that which can be proven?

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Data Bombshell Crushes Congolese Death Reports

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

A bunker-busting academic data bomb has just been dropped on the long suffering Congolese people after the release of a report by the Human Security Report Project at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.

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Is Science Just a New Religion?

Cara Santa Maria | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Religion-in-Schools, Thomas Kuhn, Religion, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Michael Shermer, Scientific Method, Healthy Living News

Once intelligent design squeezes its way into the pages following evolution in our biology books, we might as well add astrology to our astrophysics lectures and toss some alchemy into the chemistry lab.

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