Month: September 2012
At Why Evolution Is True, Jerry Coyne Is Strangely Silent on the ENCODE Results
When you feel the need to fill an awkward silence on your Darwinian-atheist blog, rather than addressing a ticklish scientific challenge to your views, just go ahead and make fun of Islam.
In Debate, Britain’s Chief Rabbi Tweaks Richard Dawkins with the Myth of “Junk DNA”
Being a Darwinist means never having to say “I was wrong.”
C.S. Lewis Was “Prophetic” on Science, Scientism
With shocking frequency, Lewis has been promoted as a mascot for theistic evolution. Readers of The Magician’s Twin will find that the truth is much more complicated — and more interesting.
ENCODE Results Separate Science Advocates from Propagandists
An article in Science by Elizabeth Pennisi pulls no punches and offers no apology for making it unambiguous how big the ENCODE results really are.
An Evolutionary Psychologist’s False Premise
David Barash huffs, “Gottlieb and his ilk are quite simply on the wrong side of history and of scientific truth.”