Category Archives: Science

The One Minute Case for Designer Babies

The term “designer baby” is a derogative term for the use of reproductive and genetic technologies to accomplish an optimal recombination of the parents’ genes. This case argues that the voluntary use of genetic technologies, as well as prenatal screening and abortion is both moral and desirable. It does not address the morality of abortion (defended …

April 2, 2009 – 5:16 pm | By David Veksler | Posted in Politics, Science | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (7)

The One Minute Case For Technology

What is technology? Technology is the sum of material entities created by the application of mental and physical effort to nature in order to achieve some value. Technological progress is made possible by engineering, the field which applies scientific knowledge to solve practical problems by developing and applying new tools, machines, materials and processes. The …

June 1, 2007 – 6:35 pm | By David Veksler | Posted in Economics, Science | Tagged , , | Comments (1)

The One Minute Case For Science

Science is an epistemological method Science is the field which applies reason to the study of nature. Science is necessary because knowledge of how nature works is not self-evident, but requires a systematic method to collect evidence and correctly interpret it. Science is different in degree from informal empirical methods such as “trial and error” …

May 31, 2007 – 10:58 pm | By David Veksler | Posted in Science | Tagged , , , | Comments (2)

The One Minute Case Against Global Warming Alarmism

Earth’s climate is complex and constantly changing Earth’s climate is an enormously complex system with thousands of variables in constant flux. Natural cycles of warming and cooling have existed as long as earth has had a climate. We only began to make large-scale measurements in the last 100 years, so this system is poorly understood. …

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May 22, 2007 – 3:09 pm | By David Veksler | Posted in Environment, Politics, Science | Tagged , , | Comments (58)