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The virus beyond biology
A perfectly agreeable suggestion on first glance, especially since it provides an opportunity for a quick rebuke when faced with such conspiratorial, often xenophobic claims. But on a second or third reading, you find the problem (apart from Harari’s habitual … Continue reading
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Tagged biology, COVID-19, intellectualism, Laurie Penny, novel coronavirus, scientism, Yuval Noah Harari
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When must science give way to religion?
When I saw an article titled ‘Sometimes science must give way to religion‘ in Nature on August 22, 2012, by Daniel Sarewitz, I had to read it. I am agnostic, and I try as much as I can to keep … Continue reading
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Tagged Angkor, apathy, argument, biology, Daniel Sarewitz, Higgs boson, human mind, Large Hadron Collider, logic, Tevatron
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