Month: January 2013
Galton on Darwin and Eugenics
I’ve read many defenders of Charles Darwin who try to distance him from the eugenics movement.
“Intelligent Design: The Most Credible Idea?” Stephen Meyer in Cambridge
Previously, I highlighted the ID conference that took place in Cambridge, England, this summer.
Making Religious Mountains Out of Fiscal Molehills
Surely the Guardian is not in the business of misleading readers to drive up views, so the case must at least be a little bit about creationism, or religion in schools, right?
The Non-Battle of Orleans
The school board of Orleans, Louisiana, chose to prohibit the teaching of creationism or intelligent design in its schools.
Science Can Perpetuate Myths
For those who believe science is a self-correcting process leading inexorably to progress in true knowledge about the world, a professor of medical statistics has a heavy dose of realism.