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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. What happens when science - which ought to be the free pursuit of truth - turns into a closed, dogmatic system? This is no ordinary question. It is the question that drives this book. And the answer, as you'll see, is unsettling.It all began under a fig tree. There, as a child, the author wondered where it all came from - the sky, the stars, life, herself. That question followed her for decades, through journalism school, through the classroom as an art teacher, through countless readings and late-night study sessions. Until she noticed something disturbing: the science that was supposed to answer that question wasn't really interested in all possible answers. There was an unspoken rule, an invisible boundary, a line that could not be crossed.That boundary has a name: methodological naturalism. It is the philosophical principle stating that, to be considered scientific, an explanation may only invoke natural causes - no design, no purpose, no intelligence. Only matter and chance. It seems reasonable at first glance, but the author raises an uncomfortable question: what if this rule amounts to a rigged game? What if it excludes hypotheses not because the evidence has refuted them, but because the adopted philosophy doesn't even allow them to be considered?Chapter after chapter, Neide Fischer gathers real scientific discoveries that the prevailing model struggles to explain. The James Webb telescope has found massive, mature galaxies in a universe that, according to the Big Bang model, should be far too young to have them. In the fossil record, the Cambrian explosion reveals all major animal groups appearing suddenly, with no clear ancestors in earlier layers. And then there is the irreducible complexity of systems like the bacterial flagellum and the blood-clotting cascade - systems that need all their parts working simultaneously to be of any use. How could natural selection build something that only works when it's complete?But the book is not just about evidence. It is also about people. The author devotes entire chapters to showing how the academic, publishing, and media systems treat those who dare to question the consensus. One of the most striking chapters draws a historical parallel between the medieval Inquisition and modern academia. Back then, truth was defined by the Church; those who disagreed went to the stake. Today, truth is defined by scientific consensus; those who disagree go to a paper pyre - they lose their jobs, their reputations, their funding. The modern inquisitor doesn't wear a cassock. He wears a white lab coat.The book does not limit itself to criticism. In the final chapter, the author proposes a utopia: what if the science of origins were truly free? What if all hypotheses - including intelligent design - could compete on equal footing, without a prior philosophical rule excluding some of them? She does not impose answers. She does not demand that the reader believe in God, intelligent design, or anything specific. What she asks is something simpler and, at the same time, more difficult: that the search for truth be, in fact, free.This is a book for those who have looked up at a starry sky and wondered what is really going on here. For those who suspect that not everything fits so neatly into the official narrative. For those who believe science should be the freest of human activities - not a closed club with invisible rules. It is not a religious book - the author makes that clear from the first page. It is a book about courage: the courage to ask forbidden questions, to follow the evidence wherever it leads, to publish a book that will make many people uncomfortable. Dogma in a Lab Coat is a gut punch. An invitation to think outside the box - and to ask yourself who built that box in the first place. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. O que acontece quando a ciencia, que deveria ser a busca livre pela verdade, se transforma em um sistema fechado e dogmatico? Esta nao e uma pergunta qualquer - e a pergunta que move este livro. E a resposta, como voce vera, e incomoda.Tudo comecou embaixo de um pe de figo. Ali, ainda crianca, a autora se perguntava de onde veio tudo isso - o ceu, as estrelas, a vida, ela mesma. Essa pergunta a acompanhou por decadas, atraves da faculdade de jornalismo, da sala de aula como professora de Arte, das leituras e das madrugadas de estudo. Ate que ela percebeu algo perturbador: a ciencia que deveria responder a essa pergunta nao estava realmente interessada em todas as respostas possiveis. Havia uma regra nao dita, um limite invisivel, uma linha que nao se podia cruzar.Esse limite tem nome: naturalismo metodologico. E o principio filosofico que diz que, para ser considerada cientifica, uma explicacao so pode invocar causas naturais - nada de design, nada de proposito, nada de inteligencia. Apenas materia e acaso. Parece razoavel a primeira vista, mas a autora levanta uma questao incomoda: e se essa regra estiver funcionando como uma carta marcada? E se ela estiver excluindo hipoteses nao porque as evidencias as refutaram, mas porque a filosofia adotada nao as permite sequer ser consideradas?Capitulo apos capitulo, Neide Fischer reune descobertas cientificas reais que o modelo vigente tem dificuldade em explicar. O telescopio James Webb encontrou galaxias massivas e maduras em um universo que, segundo o modelo do Big Bang, deveria ser jovem demais para te-las. No registro fossil, a explosao cambriana revela todos os grandes grupos animais surgindo subitamente, sem ancestrais claros nas camadas anteriores. E ha ainda a complexidade irredutivel de sistemas como o flagelo bacteriano e a cascata de coagulacao do sangue, que precisam de todas as suas partes funcionando ao mesmo tempo para ter qualquer utilidade - como a selecao natural construiria algo que so funciona quando esta completo?Mas o livro nao e apenas sobre evidencias. E tambem sobre pessoas. A autora dedica capitulos inteiros a mostrar como o sistema academico, editorial e midiatico trata aqueles que ousam questionar o consenso. Um dos capitulos mais impactantes traca um paralelo historico entre a Inquisicao medieval e a academia moderna. Antes, a verdade era definida pela Igreja; quem discordava ia para a fogueira. Hoje, a verdade e definida pelo consenso cientifico; quem discorda vai para a fogueira de papel - perde o emprego, a reputacao, o financiamento. O inquisidor moderno nao usa batina. Usa jaleco branco.O livro nao se limita a criticar. No capitulo final, a autora propoe uma utopia: e se a ciencia das origens fosse verdadeiramente livre? E se todas as hipoteses - incluindo a de Design Inteligente - pudessem competir em igualdade de condicoes, sem uma regra filosofica previa excluindo algumas delas? Ela nao impoe respostas. Nao exige que o leitor acredite em Deus, no Design Inteligente ou em qualquer coisa especifica. O que ela pede e algo mais simples e, ao mesmo tempo, mais dificil: que a busca pela verdade seja, de fato, livre.Este e um livro para quem ja olhou para o ceu estrelado e se perguntou o que realmente esta acontecendo aqui. Para quem suspeita que nem tudo se encaixa tao perfeitamente no discurso oficial. Para quem acredita que a ciencia deveria ser a mais livre das atividades humanas - e nao um clube fechado com regras invisiveis. Nao e um livro religioso - a autora deixa isso claro desde a primeira pagina. E um livro sobre coragem: a coragem de fazer perguntas proibidas, de seguir as evidencias aonde quer que elas levem, de publicar um livro que vai incomodar muita gente. Dogma do Ja Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. What happens when science - which ought to be the free pursuit of truth - turns into a closed, dogmatic system? This is no ordinary question. It is the question that drives this book. And the answer, as you'll see, is unsettling.It all began under a fig tree. There, as a child, the author wondered where it all came from - the sky, the stars, life, herself. That question followed her for decades, through journalism school, through the classroom as an art teacher, through countless readings and late-night study sessions. Until she noticed something disturbing: the science that was supposed to answer that question wasn't really interested in all possible answers. There was an unspoken rule, an invisible boundary, a line that could not be crossed.That boundary has a name: methodological naturalism. It is the philosophical principle stating that, to be considered scientific, an explanation may only invoke natural causes - no design, no purpose, no intelligence. Only matter and chance. It seems reasonable at first glance, but the author raises an uncomfortable question: what if this rule amounts to a rigged game? What if it excludes hypotheses not because the evidence has refuted them, but because the adopted philosophy doesn't even allow them to be considered?Chapter after chapter, Neide Fischer gathers real scientific discoveries that the prevailing model struggles to explain. The James Webb telescope has found massive, mature galaxies in a universe that, according to the Big Bang model, should be far too young to have them. In the fossil record, the Cambrian explosion reveals all major animal groups appearing suddenly, with no clear ancestors in earlier layers. And then there is the irreducible complexity of systems like the bacterial flagellum and the blood-clotting cascade - systems that need all their parts working simultaneously to be of any use. How could natural selection build something that only works when it's complete?But the book is not just about evidence. It is also about people. The author devotes entire chapters to showing how the academic, publishing, and media systems treat those who dare to question the consensus. One of the most striking chapters draws a historical parallel between the medieval Inquisition and modern academia. Back then, truth was defined by the Church; those who disagreed went to the stake. Today, truth is defined by scientific consensus; those who disagree go to a paper pyre - they lose their jobs, their reputations, their funding. The modern inquisitor doesn't wear a cassock. He wears a white lab coat.The book does not limit itself to criticism. In the final chapter, the author proposes a utopia: what if the science of origins were truly free? What if all hypotheses - including intelligent design - could compete on equal footing, without a prior philosophical rule excluding some of them? She does not impose answers. She does not demand that the reader believe in God, intelligent design, or anything specific. What she asks is something simpler and, at the same time, more difficult: that the search for truth be, in fact, free.This is a book for those who have looked up at a starry sky and wondered what is really going on here. For those who suspect that not everything fits so neatly into the official narrative. For those who believe science should be the freest of human activities - not a closed club with invisible rules. It is not a religious book - the author makes that clear from the first page. It is a book about courage: the courage to ask forbidden questions, to follow the evidence wherever it leads, to publish a book that will make many people uncomfortable. Dogma in a Lab Coat is a gut punch. An invitation to think outside the box - and to ask yourself who built that box in the first place. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. …