Michael Strevens – Uncommon Descent

We are urged: Keep science irrational

It turns out that Michael Stevens, the author of The Knowledge Machine, is not part of the current assault on math, science, and reason. Rather, he is a fan of hard evidence, however unreasonably sought.

jerry The passages in the Old Testament which show either God causing loss of life or ordering it exist. They are... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
jerry Because it’s not relevant to what I’m asking. I could still ask about the seeming disconnect between the concept of... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
chuckdarwin #7: William J Murray Personally, I'm here for the rainbows and lollipops. You can keep the rest..... – At Mind Matters News: New theory...
Silver Asiatic JVL offered this command: Go on then. I replied twice with a detailed model - and nothing since then. I'm... – New Video Presentation on YouTube: Intelligent...
ET Behavior genes? Really? – Evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne says they’ll...
Silver Asiatic BA77 said Perhaps [Bob]... could then argue for some other god being morally superior to the God of the Bible,... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
ET Intermittent fasting works, especially when coupled with an active lifestyle. start with 12 hours of fasting a day and work... – At Stat News: Science has got...
Silver Asiatic Bob O'H I could still ask about the seeming disconnect between the concept of a loving God and a God... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
Silver Asiatic ET According to Bob, Bob “learned” about the Bible from Christians, not from reading it. Not from reading it and... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
Silver Asiatic Bob O'H OK, that makes sense, so presumably killing the first-borns in Egypt wasn’t just (or, perhaps, wouldn’t be if... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
ET On another note: The "retired physicist" has died in a car crash last Saturday, September 11. Steve Story, 45, of... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
ET All Bob O'H has is an argument from extreme ignorance, as usual. According to Bob, Bob "learned" about the Bible... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
jerry So what diet actually works? Lots of them work. I suggest you watch Giles Yeo. He’s the world expert on... – At Stat News: Science has got...
bornagain77 Bob claims that the fact that his very own Darwinian worldview is rendered incoherent and false by 'the moral argument'... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
Bob O'H Bob continues to blatantly ignore the fact that he, as a Darwinian atheist, simply has no objective moral basis in... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
bornagain77 Bob continues to blatantly ignore the fact that he, as a Darwinian atheist, simply has no objective moral basis in... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
martin_r i like the Lawrence Krauss interview part: the moderator sarcastically sums up: you said there are three different types of... – Science Uprising: The Big Bang: Something...
Bob O'H SA @ 205 - In what sense is collective punishment just? When the collective share in the guilt of the... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
Yarrgonaut Oops it's been a couple weeks. That said: Querius wrote: Silver Asiatic, That was kind, but don’t hold your breath.... – ID theorists publish new paper in...
Eugene So what diet actually works? – At Stat News: Science has got...
polistra Most obvious: These are all right hands and right feet. It feels like a religious ceremony, perhaps a kind of... – World’s oldest art raises question: Is...