Science Denialism is Dangerous. But So is Science Imperialism.
By Philip Loring, Ensia
Calls for strict science-based decision making on complex issues like GMOs and geoengineering can shortchange consideration of ethics and social impacts.
Tag: scientific method
Open Minds, Open Doors
By Angela Karp, Sustainable Food Trust
True innovation, or that “call to revolution”, requires disruptive thinking. And you cannot do that without an open mind. To meet the challenges of producing food sustainably, we will need innovations and we will need to think disruptively about current ways of producing food. To go back to Charles’ words – the clues are in the inherent genius of nature. We would do well to open our minds to those who try to find sustainable answers through these routes. Together we might open doors to new discoveries.
Trump: the Defeat of Science
By Ugo Bardi, Cassandra's legacy
Defeats are supposed to teach people how to do better; in theory. In practice, it often happens that defeats teach people how to become masters in blame-shifting.
The post-fact world and the need for a new consensus
By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights
Debate is no longer a means to find the truth by testing ideas against the questions and criticisms of other, it is mostly propaganda designed to win no matter what the truth is.
Scientific Education as a Cause of Political Stupidity
By John Michael Greer, The Archdruid Report
While we’re discussing education, the theme of the current series of posts here on The Archdruid Report, it’s necessary to point out that there are downsides as well as upsides to take into account.
The View From Outside
By John Michael Greer, The Archdruid Report
Despite the rockets and rayguns that provide so much of its local color, science fiction is always about the present, which it displays in an unfamiliar light by showing a view from outside, from the distant perspective of an imaginary future.
What I Learned from my Garden in 2014
By Claire Schosser, Living Low in the Lou
2014's garden data is in. How did my garden respond to the questions I put to it this year? Read on and find out!
Questions for garden crops to answer in 2014
By Claire Schosser, Living Low in the Lou
The dialogue I'm conducting with my garden includes these questions that I'm asking the crops to answer for me.
Learning from my soil: the 2014 garden dialogue
By Claire Schosser, Living Low in the Lou
In 2013 I asked my garden to tell me if the soil would benefit from re-mineralization. The answer is in. The next move in the dialogue is mine. Find out what I'll be asking the soil to tell me in 2014.
An Old Kind of Science
By John Michael Greer, The Archdruid Report
The attempt to conquer nature—in less metaphorical terms, to render the nonhuman world completely transparent to the human intellect and just as completely subject to the human will—was industrial civilization’s defining project.