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Category Archives: Science
Marx’s and Darwin’s accomplishments: Finding the mechanism of evolution and social change?
Here’s definitely a podcast worth listening to! Niles Eldredge and Edward J. Larson discuss the upcoming Darwin exhibit and Darwin’s legacy. Particularly their discussion of Darwin’s contribution of the mechanism of ‘natural selection’ to an existing idea of ‘evolution’ is … Continue reading
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Laws of social and natural sciences
Senators are blowing smoke on gas – Los Angeles Times Unless they can repeal the law of supply and demand, they can’t do a thing about prices. … Gas, like everything else, has its price set by supply and demand. … Continue reading
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More on theory and fact (medicine and ritual)
There was an interesting discussion on the BBC’s Today Programme (click for audio) over some recent Lancet-published study doubting the efficiency of homeopathic treatments vs. a study conducted at the Bristol homeopathic hospital showing that about 70% of patients report … Continue reading
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Some misconceptions by the defenders of the Theory of Evolution
Evolution is, in fact, the foundation of the entire science of modern biology and much of modern medicine. No, there is no absolute ”proof” of evolution, but that’s not how science works. The evolutionary theory of origin of species is … Continue reading
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