Confessions of a Stem Cell Scientist

Confessions of a Stem Cell Scientist

I confess. I am a stem cell scientist.I might even be an evil scientist because you see my lab works with human embryonic stem cells. Hopefully even if I am an evil scientist, I am not an evil…
Interaction Patterns

Interaction Patterns

Those who have been following my blogs, may have noticed that I develop certain patterns, which I then use to 'think through' certain issues or habits in science, or other intellectual endeavours.…
So What’s The Deal With The Singularity Again?

So What’s The Deal With The Singularity Again?

The Dutch translation of Ray Kurzweil's 2005 bestseller “The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology” (the title says it all!) is about to be released, so this post on 'practical PAC' will…
Performing Research On Complex Themes

Performing Research On Complex Themes

The last posts in this series will discuss some of the practical issues of performing research on complex themes. Methodological Stuff: Introduction Patterns Patterns, Objectivity and Truth Patterns…
Complexity And Professionalism

Complexity And Professionalism

According to Karl Popper, there are two contexts at work when trying to understand science. One is called 'the context of discovery', the other 'context of justification'. In many ways all human…
Complexity and Rationality

Complexity and Rationality

Now we've covered the relationships with postmodernity in the previous post, (I promise not to bring it up again, but I have recently been accused quite often to be 'almost postmodern', which -being…
Complexity And Postmodernism

Complexity And Postmodernism

In my previous post, I defended a 'post-modern' stance in science, as I consider quest for singular concepts to explain all kinds of things to be somewhat outdated. Or, to be more precise, it is…