Keith’s Conundrums: What Is the Purpose of Our Organs?
If evolution has no purpose, and our organs developed according to evolution, what’s the purpose of our organs?
Category: critical thinking
COVID-19 Vaccine – Not If, But When
A pharmacist takes a look at some of the common questions and ins and outs about the COVID-19 vaccine
Happy Birthday, Charles
A celebration of the life of one of our most important scientists
In Memoriam: Judith Jarvis Thompson
Mark Maharaj The philosopher Judith Jarvis Thompson died on November 20, 2020. She was 91. Known for her work on a variety of issues in normative ethics, applied ethics, meta-ethics, and metaphysics, Thompson was professor emerita at MIT. She was the originator of the “Violinist” thought experiment used to demonstrate the concept of bodily autonomy…
Dr. Narendra Dhabolkar: The Indian James Randi
John Varghese James “The Amazing” Randi’s death last month, after a lifetime of exposing charlatans and chicanery, raked up a seven-year-old wound I didn’t know I was carrying. In August 2013, a similar life of struggle against irrationality, superstition, and exploitation of the credulous ended when Dr. Narendra Dhabolkar, a mild-mannered, soft-spoken rationalist was shot…
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