Dataism is the word coined by Yuval Noah Harari in his essay for an optimistic, practical implementation of Scientism. Just as divine authority was legitimised by religious mythologies, and human authority was […]
Tipler’s Tipsy Parallel Universes of Quantum Mechanics
We’re back on our Edge series of concepts scientists wished more people knew about. Today’s entry is Frank Tipler’s Parallel Universes of Quantum Mechanics. Tipler: In 1957, a Princeton physics graduate student […]
Stream: Choose to Read This Article About Research Saying You Don’t Have Free Will
Today’s post is at The Stream: Choose to Read This Article About Research Saying You Don’t Have Free Will. …”Free will could all be an illusion, scientists suggest after study shows choice […]
The I-Have-Big-Muscles Fallacy
Harvard graduate walks down the street where a 50-lb sack of cement blocks his way. He reaches down to shift it but discovers that despite all his might the bulk won’t budge. […]
A Coincidence: Coyne Zinged Me Before I Him — Or, The Coyne Fallacy Redux
After posting yesterday’s article, Jerry Coyne Doesn’t Have Free Will (poor fellow), I immediately saw hits coming to my place from Coyne’s. It turned out that, unbeknownst to me, the afternoon before, […]
Cluster Failure: Biggest ‘I Told You So’ Yet. fMRI Stinks
As reader Nate Winchester surmised, today, the biggest I Told You So Yet. Headline: “MRI software bugs could upend years of research: This is what your brain looks like on bad data“. […]
Prince Metternich Predicts Our Future From 1834 & Nails It
I saw a link to an interesting looking article entitled “Conversations With Prince Metternich” from our friend Nick B. Steves, clicked it and jumped right in. IT was in the early part […]
Free Will The Result Of ‘Background Noise’?
Once again the lack of metaphysical training has led some scientists to say an incredibly silly thing. That free will “could be the result of ‘background noise’ in the brain.” According to […]
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