Profile of Claude Shannon, Inventor of Information Theory
Shannon, a pioneer of artificial intelligence, thought machines can think but doubted they "would take over.”
Cross-Check
Critical views of science in the news
Chimp Guy Knocks Baboon Guy's Upbeat View of Human War
Harvard’s Richard Wrangham and Stanford’s Robert Sapolsky clash over claim that war has deep evolutionary roots
The Promise of LSD Microdoses and Other Psychedelic "Medicines"
Psychiatrist John Halpern discusses the psychotherapeutic potential of peyote, ayahuasca, psilocybin, MDMA and other psychedelics
Tripping on Peyote in Navajo Nation
A journalist exploring psychedelics’ therapeutic potential participates in a ceremony of the Native American Church
Why We Overrate the Lifesaving Power of Cancer Tests
Science journalist Gary Taubes weighs in on PSA tests and mammograms
Why I Won't Get a PSA Test for Prostate Cancer
Physicians are still recommending the blood test for prostate cancer even though it harms far more men than it helps
How Quarks Turned into Cultures
Big-picture biologist Tyler Volk talks about his book on “How We Came to Be”
Second Thoughts: Did Thomas Kuhn Help Elect Donald Trump?
Scholars debate filmmaker Errol Morris’s attack on Kuhn’s influential philosophy of science
Second Thoughts on Whether Self-Knowledge Is Overrated
Intellectuals defend the value of being intellectuals.
Did Thomas Kuhn Help Elect Donald Trump?
Filmmaker Errol Morris claims Kuhn’s critique of science paved the way for a post-truth presidency
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Everything you always wanted to know about raising science-literate kids
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Not bad science
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Mathematics: learning it, doing it, celebrating it.
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Adventures in the good science of rock-breaking.
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A Blog About the Weird Wonderfulness of Life on Earth
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Exploring and celebrating diversity in science.
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