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A new article examines the question of what Darwinism is and how its nonscientific uses relate to the scientific theory of evolution. The authors observe that while some people claim Darwinism's ...

Our best theory of the fundamental laws of physics, quantum mechanics, has counter-intuitive features (for example, the superposition principle, complementarity and non-locality) that are not directly ...

I’ve seen a lot of people on social media talking about Saturday’s New York Times article by Jodi Kantor and David Streitfeld about Amazon’s toxic workplace culture. Lots of people saying they find ...

Theoria: An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, SEGUNDA EPOCA, Vol. 18, No. 3(48) (Septiembre 2003), pp. 259-272 (14 pages) The so-called evolutionary social sciences ...

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The quantum principle of superposition implies that any combination of quantum states is also a legal state. This seems to be in conflict with everyday reality because states we encounter are ...

It’s not surprising that quantum physics has a reputation for being weird and counterintuitive. The world we’re living in sure doesn’t feel quantum mechanical. And until the 20th century, everyone ...

A new survey study links belief in the concept of social Darwinism with certain dysfunctional psychological characteristics, such as exploitative attitudes towards others, hostility, and low ...

The philosopher Jerry Fodor was important for the same reason you’ve probably never heard of him: he was unimpressed, to put it politely, by the intellectual trends of the day. His focus was the ...

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Social Darwinism, a school of thought which attempted to apply Darwin's ideas about evolution to human society. Show more Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Social ...

Jennifer Rubin, blogging at the Washington Post, has this to say about President Obama's use of the term "thinly veiled social Darwinism" to describe Paul Ryan's budget: "Let's be clear about two ...