Nobel Prize – Uncommon Descent

At Skeptical Inquirer: Thinking outside the box is called the “Nobel Disease”

Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor doesn’t agree. In reality, he says, unorthodoxy helped the unorthodox scientists win the Prize.

Darwinism Intelligent Design

Michael Egnor: The Nobels this year were another win for design in nature

But the Darwinists can console themselves that, no matter what else happens, pop science mags will probably stay faithful. Darwinism means always having a folk tale with a simple moral to tell about the animal world.

Cosmology Intelligent Design Physics

Physicist loses bet with science writer: No Nobel for string theory by 2020

The interesting thing is that the science writer portrayed string theory as a religion, a sort of “mathematical theology.” And he is right. But what follows now?

Chemistry Design inference Intelligent Design

“Undeniable” author Doug Axe on the recent “directed evolution” Nobel for chemistry

Doug Axe, Intro of recalls current CalTech winner Frances Arnold: In a conversation in her office one day, I said that I wanted to do work on protein evolution. She was skeptical, for pragmatic reasons. “Is that the kind of work that people will want to fund?”, she asked. I smile recalling that, but up Read More…

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