#65 On the orthodoxy
Dear Mat, I think skyhook is a good name for a particular kind of bad explanation. Namely, one that doesn’t attempt to ground the phenomena it describes in things that we already think
Tag: Evolution
#64 On the degrees of skyhookery
Dear Jamie, Your letter reminded me of one of the most mind-boggling experiences I had. I watched Derren Brown’s show Miracle. In Miracle, before the segment started, he told the
#59 On how the question changes the answer
Dear Mat, Interesting letter. It was a rollercoaster from my POV because the first few paragraphs appeared to be a dastardly warping of what I was saying, yet by the end
#58 On the conditions of knowledge
Dear Jamie, Years ago I heard a story (possibly apocryphal) that after the space race the Russian and American space agencies made things unnecessarily complicated and expensive for themselves when
Perlustrating Asseverations: Evolution
The theory of evolution isn’t complete, what about missing links? Creationists and advocates of the theory of intelligent design (also known as “ID” or “creationism”) claim that scientists can’t account