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Skeptics Debate 1999
A special SI DIGEST where skeptics debate current issues.
Genetically Modified Food
The topic of genetically modified food continues to be at the center of heated controversy in Europe, the U.K., Australia, Japan, and other parts of the world. Yet in the U.S., there appears to be a silent acceptance of the technology.What should be the skeptic's position on GM?
- Read some of the opinions that have been submitted.
- E-mail concise 200 word opinions to SINISBET@aol.com
For background:
- Debate sponsored by the journal Nature
- Listen to a recent discussion of the topic on NPR's Science Friday
- Monsanto UK website
- Union for Concerned Scientists
Animal Intelligence and Language
Prompted in part by the release of new book titled The Parrot's Lament and Other True Tales of Animal Intrigue, Intelligence and Ingenuity by Eugene Linden, NPR Science Friday recently devoted a program to the topic of animal intelligence and language.Skeptics have long debated the topic of animal intelligence and language, going back to the horse Clever Hans. For a past overview of the topic posted on the CSICOP website, go to: http://www.csicop.org/articles/koko/
What is the skeptic's position on animal intelligence and language?
- Read some of the opinions that have been submitted.
- E-mail concise 200 word opinions to SINISBET@aol.com
For more background:
- NPR Science Friday audio
The End of Science?
In 1996, then Scientific American writer John Horgan published The End of Science: Facing the Limits of Knowledge in the Twilight of the Scientific Age in which he argued that scientific inquiry had gone about as far as it can go and that the questions remaining for it to answer are unanswerable.Many scientists and skeptics were "outraged". (I recently read the book, and highly recommend it. Stylistically brilliant, entertaining, and philosophical, though you might disagree with much of it. In the scientific tradition, it poses important questions.)
Now his latest book is due to be released in October. " The Undiscovered Mind -- How the Human Mind Defies Replication, Medication and Explanation" (Free Press, $25) reportedly continues where Horgan left off in The End of Science.
The end of science? What do skeptics say?
- Read some of the opinions that have been submitted.
- E-mail concise 200 word opinions to SINISBET@aol.com
For more background:
- Interview with Horgan from the NY TIMES Science Tuesday section for Sept. 22.
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