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Mar 20, 2010 — Jerry Fodor & Elliott Sober
Jerry’s new book, “What Darwin Got Wrong”
A fundamental distinction: selection of vs. selection for
Jerry argues that there aren’t any laws of evolutionary biology
Looking for laws in all the right places
Elliott vs. Jerry on the explanatory power of evolutionary theory
Can a philosopher of biology safely ignore what biologists say?
Mar 13, 2010 — Mike Treder & Massimo Pigliucci
Is transhumanism fatally optimistic?
Massimo’s ethical qualms with life extension
The dangers of rapid technological advance
Massimo vs. Mike on whether it’s possible to upload your mind
Is the Turing Test a behaviorist blunder?
Pesky limitations imposed by human biology
Mar 6, 2010 — Ramon Arrowsmith & Mike Treder
How earthquakes happen
Haiti’s catastrophe vs. Chile’s catastrophe
The nascent science of earthquake forecasting
Danger zones that might surprise you
How bad is the worst possible earthquake?
Natural disasters and human responsibilities
Feb 27, 2010 — John Horgan & Thomas Hayden
The uncertain future of science journalism in the digital age
Tom’s book “Sex and War”
What do our genes have to do with our violence?
What can Ardipithecus tell us about the origins of warfare?
Religious passion and the heat of youth
Can powerful women and plentiful condoms prevent war?
Feb 20, 2010 — Rhett Allain & Ed Grabianowski
Rhett on the study of teaching and learning physics
The value of educating science educators
The best and the worst science on television
Is bad science more entertaining than good science?
The journalistic vice of “balance”
Is science fiction a guide to the future?
Feb 13, 2010 — John Horgan & George Johnson
Does love make the world go round?
Cell phones and brain tumors
Tinfoil hats and electromagnetic waves
These kids today and their tinnitus-inducing gadgetry
NYT “most emailed” list shines ray of hope
Blizzard warms hearts of climate skeptics
Feb 6, 2010 — Eliezer Yudkowsky & Razib Khan
Recreational genetics and self-identity
Do racial categories have a biological basis?
Will gene sequencing undermine racism?
Ways to make awesome babies
Are most of us crazy or are we both crazy and stupid?
Politicians, scientists, and other nutcases
Jan 30, 2010 — Jamais Cascio & Mike Treder
Damage done by delicious cheeseburgers
Why global warming is the biggest problem of our century
The evil and the stupid among those who welcome a warmer world
Is geoengineering the solution?
Asteroids, intelligent machines, and other threats to humanity
Will our civilization survive much longer?
Jan 23, 2010 — John Horgan & George Johnson
The large and the small in Switzerland
Glories and shortcomings of “Avatar”
Shouldn’t we have cured cancer by now?
Is American psychiatry exporting its own pathologies?
Orchids, dandelions, and extravagant scientific claims
Leaving Earth in order to discover it
Jan 16, 2010 — Frans de Waal & David Berreby
Frans’s latest book, “The Age of Empathy”
Empathy as a social contagion
A biological basis for morality and soccer hooliganism
Does religion have to be at war with science?
The fragility of empathy
Enron, the selfish gene, and Nazi pseudoscience
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