Click Here to Read: How science fails: For the émigré philosopher Imre Lakatos, science degenerates unless it is theoretically and experimentally progressive by Jim Baggott on the Aeon website.
Imre Lakatos in the 1960s. Image: LSE Library Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Category: Science
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A Jewish Doctor Examines the Black Death
Click Here to Read: A Jewish Doctor Examines the Black Death: Abraham Caslari, 14th-century medical witness from Catalonia by Susan L. Einbinder on the Tablet Website on May 5, 2020.
The citizens of Toumai bury their dead during the black death. Miniature from manuscript, Belgium, 14th century”. Diaspora Museum, Tel Aviv – en:Beit Hatefutsot. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Do civilisations collapse?
Click Here to Read: Do civilisations collapse? The idea that the Maya or Easter Islanders experienced an apocalyptic end makes for good television but bad archaeology by Guy D Middleton on the Aeon website.
Ahu Tongariki, the largest platform and collection of Moai ever erected on Rapa Nui (Eastern Island). Image: Bradenfox. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
