Tag: history
Cancel Caribou? Another Questionable Tribute at the American Museum of Natural History
The role of science in justifying racism and eugenics is a subject that needs to be opened up wide, not decorously ignored any longer.
Weekend Reading: Heretics and Inquisitors
A heresy might be true or it might be false, but part of its attraction lies in offering a rallying cry against the smirk of the mighty.
Racism, Evolution, and Human Exceptionalism
Certain threads in the events of recent months suggest the hand of a skilled novelist.
Neil Tyson Gets Ancient and Modern Medicine Wrong
Curiously, Tyson has a future, quasi-religious myth of his own to promote: personal immortality through futuristic technology.
From Pfizer, Scientism and Self-Congratulation
Amidst a controversial national lockdown, economic ruin, and mounting intelligence evidence pointing to an origin in a Chinese lab, the coronavirus has reminded us of a number of things.