Month: January 2014
Multiverse Cosmology: Assuming that Evidence Still Matters, What Does It Say?
The multiverse is a religious concept. It is the sort of religion that is true even if the supportive facts never appear and the theories that undergird it fail.
Shark Proteins Contradict the Standard Phylogeny of Vertebrates
In the thinking of evolutionary biologists, can common descent, even in principle, be falsified?
"Was Hitler a Darwinian?" Reviewing Robert Richards
A scholar disputes the Hitler-Darwin connection and snipes at “the Intelligent Design crowd.”
Misunderstanding Understanding Jerry Coyne on Free Will
Coyne, who denies the existence of free will, had complained about a hit-and-run driver who dented his car in a parking lot.
At the Muncie Star Press, Casually Slurring Pro-ID Astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez
It’s just 9763.03 miles from Muncie, Indiana, to Melbourne, Australia — practically the next country over.