WHY READ THIS BLOG?
I’m worried about the world we live in. It’s a world
in which science and technology play a major role, and individual, public and political
decisions are going to determine our future safety and health. In order to make decisions,
the deciders (whether voters or members of Congress) need facts. Where these facts come from is the
source of the problem I want to blog about.
How do people come by their facts? Is there a difference between fact and belief? I could spend a lot of time on the philosophy surrounding this question, but I don’t want to. I want to deal with important current issues where belief and reason are at odds.
In the posts that follow, I will write about
Climate Change (specifically, Global Warming), and the conflict between science and politics
The move to teach Creationism in the public schools as an alternative to Darwin's Theory of Evolution, and the conflict between science and religion
The allegations that the measles vaccine can cause autism in children, and the conflict between science and the media.
In the first posts that follow I'll begin with Global Warming.
How do people come by their facts? Is there a difference between fact and belief? I could spend a lot of time on the philosophy surrounding this question, but I don’t want to. I want to deal with important current issues where belief and reason are at odds.
In the posts that follow, I will write about
Climate Change (specifically, Global Warming), and the conflict between science and politics
The move to teach Creationism in the public schools as an alternative to Darwin's Theory of Evolution, and the conflict between science and religion
The allegations that the measles vaccine can cause autism in children, and the conflict between science and the media.
In the first posts that follow I'll begin with Global Warming.
I am excited to read more about the conflicts between science, religion, politics, and the media.
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