Word: intuitionism
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Beyond Darwinism Of course, understanding what made the Cambrian explosion possible doesn't address the larger question of what made it happen so fast. Here scientists delicately slide across data-thin ice, suggesting scenarios that are based on intuition rather than solid evidence. One favorite is the so-called empty...
As the government rolled into its second day of partial paralysis, Gingrich began showing signs of strain. Pressed by reporters at a Wednesday breakfast to explain why he was so convinced that a seven-year timetable was the right one for balancing the budget, the Speaker offered a one-word...
The conclusion that the two researchers reached contradicts everything that the gay community has been telling us about workplace discrimination. It also contradicts the conclusion that intuition would lead us to reach. Despite shifting (or rather collapsing) moral standards, homosexuality is still widely frowned upon. Such disapprobation inevitably translates into...
Other genetics experts argue that the time has come to re-evaluate the approach taken by most gene therapists, and perhaps even to redirect their efforts. Last spring Dr. Harold Varmus, head of the National Institutes of Health, appointed an independent committee of scientists to look into how the NIH...
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