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  • Science: Drinking in Moderation is Good for Your Health

    Science: Drinking in Moderation is Good for Your Health0

    For thousands of years, the maxim “moderation in all things” was accepted as a given, and prudentially applied by men and women to their various activities.   Today, apparently, some people feel more comfortable if science repeatedly confirms the truth of this maxim.   Yesterday, the New York Times reported that scientific studies have shown

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  • Science: Conservatives Are Happier Than Liberals (and extremists are happier than moderates)

    Science: Conservatives Are Happier Than Liberals (and extremists are happier than moderates)0

    Are conservatives happier than liberals? Yes, according to Arthur C. Brooks, author of Gross National Happiness and president of the American Enterprise Institute. Writing for the New York Times he notes: “Scholars on both the left and right have studied this question extensively, and have reached a consensus that it is conservatives who possess the

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  • Science versus Scientism

    Science versus Scientism0

    Science is good but scientism isn’t. Science looks at the cosmos objectively, indeed scientifically. Scientism doesn’t. Science, in the broadest sense of the word, derived from the Latin scientia, simply means “knowledge.” In this sense, all branches of knowledge can be considered as science. Philosophy is a science, history is a science, theology is a

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  • Science in a World Built for Alchemy

    Science in a World Built for Alchemy0

    I like to think of myself as a logician. A rational, critical thinker ready to discard any idea when new information presents itself. Behind the facade though, there was always a passing interest in the arts. Literature in particular, but I still remember the first time I sat in a room with an orchestra playing.

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  • Science has next to nothing to say about moral intuitions

    Science has next to nothing to say about moral intuitions0

    For centuries, philosophers have been using moral intuitions to reason about ethics. Today, some scientists think they’ve found a way to use psychology and neuroscience to undermine many of these intuitions and advance better moral arguments of their own. If these scientists are right, philosophers need to leave the armchair and head to the lab

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  • Science Has a Major Fraud Problem. Here’s Why Government Funding Is the Likely Culprit

    Science Has a Major Fraud Problem. Here’s Why Government Funding Is the Likely Culprit4

    President Biden’s 2024 budget includes over $210 billion directed toward federal research and development, an approximately $9 billion increase from 2023 funding. That might not sound particularly bad—after all, who doesn’t like science and innovation? But, although seemingly noble, the billions pumped into the US government’s National Science Foundation don’t always translate into finding cures for

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