ReasonRX Podcast Episode 50 What Logic Is, How We Know It, and Why It’s Important
In this episode, we discuss what logic really is so we can stick to the real, and so we can dismiss the misconceptions and misunderstandings …
Science
Think For Yourself, Think In the Big Picture
“Does Avoiding The Sun Shorten Your Lifespan?” by Chris Kresser Blurb: “Too much sun exposure isn’t a good thing, but not enough may be even …
Body Physics: Motion to Metabolism by Lawrence Davis
Nice idea. I like it some, but not completely. I love that they use biology and biomechanics to develop and give context and meaning to …
An Archimedian Bio, 2
In “Archimedes: Greek Mathematician,” Gerald J. Toomer (Professor Emeritus of the History of Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island) writes: Method Concerning Mechanical Theorems describes a …
An Archimedian Bio
In “Archimedes,” some folks at famousscientists.org write: Archimedes was, arguably, the world’s greatest scientist – certainly the greatest scientist of the classical age.He was a …
Lost in Math
In Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray, physicist Sabine Hossenfelder documents some bad epistemology that makes some “scientists” go wrong. The book is …
Teach Historically, Teach Inductively
Teach historically. Students need to learn the logic, concept-formation, fallacy identification, induction (i.e., generalization), conceptual integration (i.e., making connections, or “theory building”), and thinking skills …
Feynman On Science
“The job of a scientist is to listen carefully to nature, not to tell nature how to behave.” Dr. Richard Feynam, Nobel Prize winner in …
Fitness — For What?
The point of fitness is to be able to survive and to master the complexity of our world. Fitness means being able to perform complex …
“Lack of Exercise is a Major Cause of Chronic Diseases” by Booth, Roberts, Laye
An excerpt: A sedentary lifestyle over several years is associated with increased risk for type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and premature mortality. What is much …