Month: January 2014
Is There “Plenty of Time” (in Texas) for the Evolution of Novelty?
Adopted for use in Texas, Ken Miller’s Pearson textbook, Biology, never mentions that many biologists doubt that natural selection can explain the origin of new biological features.
Atta Boy! In Censor of the Year Contest, Zack Kopplin Has the Fighting Spirit
It sounds like this Louisiana youth is eyeing our Censor of the Year prize like a true competitor.
Galton on Eugenics: "[A]n Endeavour to Further Evolution, Especially That of the Human Race."
Eugenics — human husbandry — was based explicitly on evolutionary theory, in the words of its founder.
Regarding that Creationism Debate Pitting Bill Nye Against Ken Ham, Here’s My Guilty Admission
Colleagues to whom I’ve confided this have sought to perform an intervention. They say: “Why waste your time?” It’s simple.
Academic Freedom in Virginia: Don’t Want to Read the Text of the Bill? Read the "Context" Instead
Karl Giberson is worried about the benign attractiveness of a prospective Virginia law.