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Listening to Francis Collins

I was able to attend an on-line meeting of the American Scientific Affiliation this weekend. The ASA is a wonderful organization for Christians who work in the sciences. I have been a member for many years. Francis Collins was the guest speaker, and I think about 30+ people attended. On a personal note, I sentContinue reading “Listening to Francis Collins”

Journal Fees

Publishing in journals is a major way for those of us in academics to advance at our universities. This advancement includes potential salary raises. Is this method a fair way to advance? I’m not sure especially for those in the liberal arts or fine arts or for those in “career line” academic pathways (including manyContinue reading “Journal Fees”

The Demarcation Problem

I’ve been reading through Sean Carroll’s well written article on ArXiv about his concerns surrounding Karl Popper’s “falsifiability” argument to separate science from non-science. Awesome. However, I wonder how much he is leaning on the problems of “falsifiability” in the setting of Everettian interpretation? Carroll is a proponent of this “many worlds” interpretation. I amContinue reading “The Demarcation Problem”

Useless Procedures

One of my pet peeves in the field of medicine is useless procedures in which 1) there is minimal to no clinical research backing it up and 2) there is no need for insurance to pay for said procedure so the family eventually gets stuck paying 100% of the bill for a useless intervention. IContinue reading “Useless Procedures”