Michael Newton Keas is a senior fellow at Discovery Institute and a former Fulbright scholar. After earning a Ph.D. in the history of science from the University of Oklahoma, he won research grants from such organizations as the National Science Foundation and the American Council of Learned Societies. Keas serves as lecturer in the history and philosophy of science at Biola University and on the board of directors of Ratio Christi, an alliance of apologetics clubs on college campuses. He has written numerous articles, including “Systematizing the Theoretical Virtues” in the top-tier philosophy journal Synthese. This essay analyzes twelve traits of reputable theories, and has generated dialogue across many fields. With a quarter-century of experience teaching science (and its history) to college students, Keas is qualified to lay out the facts to show how far the conventional wisdom about science and religion departs from reality.
Does the Cosmos TV documentary teach myths? Yes. The third series, hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, concluded recently on the National Geographic Channel with this: Stars make worlds, and a world made life. And there came a time when heat…