Speaking of Science

July 2012's selection of notable quotes

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Psychologists Joshua Tabak and Vivian Zayas, in a New York Times opinion piece about their recently published research, which tested the ability of volunteers to guess the sexual orientation of people in photographs (June 1, 2012)

J. Craig Venter, in “God of Small Things” by Wil S. Hylton (New York Times Magazine, June 3, 2012)

—Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey, in an interview where he opines that skepticism about evolution will end in the next few decades as more and more scientific data emerges (Associated Press, May 26, 2012)

—Columbia University philosopher Philip Kitcher, “The Trouble with Scientism” (The New Republic, May 4, 2012)

—Public Health Scientist Michael Osterholm, speaking at the fifth annual World Science Festival in New York City, comparing the flu pandemics that swept ...

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