Month: July 2013
Incremental Indispensability Revisited
A common rebuttal to the argument for intelligent design from irreducible complexity is the hypothesis of incremental indispensability. The phrase was coined, I believe, by William Dembski.
Setting the Record Straight about Guillermo Gonzalez’s Denial of Tenure by Iowa State University
The real reasons Gonzalez did not get tenure at ISU were simple: discrimination and intolerance.
To Hover, Hummingbirds Use Precision Feather Control
Stars of the new Illustra film Flight: The Genius of Birds, hummingbirds have yet another trick up their wings: changing the shape of the wing throughout each brief flap.
To Go Along with the Flight Premiere in Seattle, a Very Cool Bonus
The Museum of Flight will be giving those in attendance free access to the Personal Courage Wing, complete with 18 and 10 exhibits respectively of World War I and World War II fighter aircraft.
Statement from Astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez about His New Position at Ball State University
“In my opinion, the controversy surrounding my hire is artificial — largely generated by one activist blogger who is not an astronomer.”