Month: November 2012
Tentative Ruling in Coppedge Discrimination Case against NASA’S Jet Propulsion Lab
The judge in the David Coppedge discrimination case against NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab has issued a tentative ruling against Coppedge, but the evidence of discrimination still stands.
“Surprising” Convergent Genetic Evolution in Insects
What are the odds that two genes would independently converge on a similar DNA sequence?
The Debate over Darwinian Evolution is NOT a Right vs. Left Issue
There’s one area where I disagree equally with the two new books I’ve been reviewing here.
Appreciating Historian Jacques Barzun’s Critique of Darwinism
Barzun rejected the Darwinist insistence that purpose and design are illusory or epiphenomenal. He castigated scientism for its intellectual imperialism.
From Safety of the Internet, Scientists Yell “Fight! Fight!”
Words like “random” and “natural” are often used to express a personal view on matters of ultimate causation, and that gets us into “the areas of the dead.”