Austin Dacey
Austin Dacey, Ph.D., is former director of Science and the Public, a program of the Center for Inquiry and State University of New York at Buffalo, and author of several articles and books, including The Secular Conscience. He holds a doctorate in applied ethics and social philosophy and has taught most recently at Polytechnic Institute of New York University.
Unification of Forces: The Muslim, the Atheist, and the Higgs
Circumnavigations
July 20, 2012
The first Muslim Nobel Laureate scientist was shunned by his native Pakistan.
Indian Idol
Circumnavigations
June 25, 2012
The case against Sanal Edamaruku reveals the inherent flaws in legally protecting “religious feelings.”
The Downloadable Revelation
Circumnavigations
May 21, 2012
How do you treat your iPhone when it contains the iQuran?
A Deviant Plot: Resisting Gay Rights at the UN, Islamic States Mangle Psychiatric Consensus, English
Circumnavigations
March 16, 2012
Does the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders propose that there are twenty-two forms of “sexual orientation”? The Islamic Republic of Pakistan (and Focus on the Family) want you to think so.
The Skeptical Canon, part 2
Circumnavigations
September 14, 2011
Of late, many skeptics have been searching their souls, or searching the place where their souls would be, about the direction of the movement.
The Skeptical Canon
Circumnavigations
July 26, 2011
The titles vary across skeptics meetings, but at the core are the now-familiar topics: psychics, monsters, ghosts, UFOs, creationism, ...
Science Diplomacy in the Arab Spring
Circumnavigations
June 14, 2011
Two years and one revolution on, the status of science diplomacy in a realigned Arab world.
Fly Me to the Muezzin
Circumnavigations
August 2, 2010
NASA sent a probe to "the Muslim world," but are its lenses fogged up?
Test Tube Diplomacy
Circumnavigations
July 2, 2010
The Obama administration has put science and technology at the forefront of U.S. “engagement with the Muslim world.” Will it work?
The Goat That Ate Islamic Science
Circumnavigations
May 12, 2010
Was Islam too individualistic to support science?
Freedom of Inquiry and Other Medieval Notions
Circumnavigations
April 2, 2010
Did the pope accidentally prepare the way for the coming of science?
The Decline of the Decline of Arabic Science
Circumnavigations
January 21, 2010
Nicolaus Copernicus: Why wasn’t he Ibn al-Shatir?
Sharia-Compliant Science
Circumnavigations
December 2, 2009
The results of the Iranian presidential election in June 2009 aren't the only unbelievable numbers to come out of Tehran lately.
Notes from the Harmonious Society: Dissident Science in China, Part II
Circumnavigations
October 26, 2009
Two classical Confucian philosophers once had a famous disagreement over the morality of music. Mozi mounted a utilitarian...
Notes from the Harmonious Society: Dissident Science in China, Part I
Circumnavigations
September 30, 2009
Their vessel was the Xue Long, Snow Dragon, and it was bound for the South Pole...
Gods and Rockets: Part 2
Circumnavigations
August 25, 2009
It is a recurring daydream of mine to launch a mail-order enlightenment business.
Gods and Rockets: A Tale of Science in India
Circumnavigations
July 24, 2009
"We are afraid that the thunder-storms might have an impact on the scheduled launch."
Does Science Unite?
Circumnavigations
June 16, 2009
Does science foster a universal culture? Julian Huxley thought so, and wrote this into the mandate of the U.N. What happened?
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Evolution in the Limelight
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
News & Comment
In a crowded room on West 45th Street in Manhattan, a young high-school teacher is hauled before a judge to face criminal...
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Science + Art: Special Issue Introduction
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 30.6, November / December 2006
Article
Monet is said to have remarked to a young artist that he wished he had been born blind and suddenly regained his sight...
Sound: Not as Simple as It Sounds. An Interview with Joshua Fineberg.
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 30.6, November / December 2006
Interview
An Interview with Joshua Fineberg
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Center for Inquiry Opens in India
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
News & Comment
Jawaharlal Nehru, the founder of modern India, famously called its mills and dams "temples of modern India."
Putting the “Natural” in Natural History: Darwin Exhibit Opens In New York
November 30, 2005
On the sunny autumn afternoon of Saturday, November 19, I was among the enthusiastic throng at the opening of a new...
Is Science Making Us More Ignorant?
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 28.6, November / December 2004
Science and the Public
The attempt to integrate basic cultural beliefs with the scientific outlook calls for a new interdisciplinary academic field.
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