Tagged: Lawrence Krauss

Lawrence Krauss on Science vs. Religion - Videos

Peter Griffin • Feb 22, 2013 •

• Lawrence Krauss,
• religion,
• Science

The “dynamic duo” of science? - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Feb 13, 2013 •

• atheism,
• Ayaan Hirsi Ali,
• belief,
• Cormac McCarthy,
• creationism,
• Darwin,
• Dawkins,
• Ian McEwan,
• Lawrence Krauss,
• Lawrence M. Krauss,
• Paul Provenza,
• religion,
• Richard Dawkins,
• Sciblogs,
• Unbelievers

Well, that’s how someone described them. But I have generally found the discussions between Lawrence Krauss and Richard Dawkins stimulating. I first commented on these almost 5 years ago (see Lawrence Krauss – Richard Dawkins discussion). They have had a number … Continue reading → … Read More

Limits of logic - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Apr 08, 2011 •

• agnostic,
• agnosticism,
• atheism,
• belief,
• Chris Mooney,
• Christianity,
• cosmological constant,
• debate,
• diversity,
• Existence of God,
• faith,
• god,
• Lawrence Krauss,
• Lawrence M. Krauss,
• philosophy,
• religion,
• Richard Feynman,
• Sciblogs,
• supernatural,
• superstition,
• William Lane Craig

I have commented before on the limitations of deductive logic – see “Other ways of knowing” – some sense at last). And how easily people manipulate logic by faulty reasoning and by assuming shonky premises. Very tempting for someone with a … Continue reading → … Read More

A physicist comments on science and morality - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Dec 30, 2010 •

• big bang,
• evolution,
• Hiding in the Mirror: The Quest for Alternate Realities from Plato to String Theory (by way of Alicein Wonderland Einstein and The Twilight Zone),
• Krauss,
• Lawrence Krauss,
• Lawrence M. Krauss,
• morality,
• philosophy,
• Physics of Star Trek,
• Richard Feynman,
• Sciblogs

Another video from the Great debate “Can Science tell us Right from Wrong?” (See Telling right from wrong? for more details of this debate and workshop). This time a physicist, Lawrence Krauss. He is always a stimulating speaker. He starts … Continue reading → … Read More

Clear science communication - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Mar 08, 2010 •

• book review,
• Carl Sagan,
• Carolyn Porco,
• communication,
• Large Hadron Collider,
• Lawrence Krauss,
• Neil deGrasse Tyson,
• New Zealand,
• Richard Dawkins,
• Sciblogs,
• Science in Society,
• scientific communication

Book review: Am I Making Myself Clear?: A Scientist’s Guide to Talking to the Public by Cornelia Dean Price US$13.57 Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Harvard University Press; 1 edition (October 30, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0674036352 ISBN-13: 978-0674036352 I bet you can name some good science communicators. People like Carl Sagan, Richard Dawkins, Carolyn Porco, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Lawrence … Read More