Month: February 2014
Question for a Censor: Should a Teacher Be Punished for Telling Students What the New York Times Said About Evolution in 1980?
Censors like Zack Kopplin oppose legislation like that, claiming they are protecting students from being indoctrinated in “creationism.”
No Laughing Matter: Chatting with NRO, Wesley Smith Emphasizes the Practical Dangers Posed by Environmental Anti-Humanism
We can laugh at "pea personhood," but where’s the real danger in the denial of what Wesley calls "human exceptionalism"? Isn’t it confined to a silly but ultimately harmless fringe?
Can You Mix Engineering and Natural Selection?
Oil and water don’t mix, and neither do engineering principles and natural selection.
On Uncommon Knowledge, an Uncommonly Comprehensive Statement of David Berlinski’s Picture of the World
Unlike reading a single book by Berlinski, what stands out about this interview is that it allows you to grasp in a brief crystallized form David’s view of science and society, how it all fits together.
Here’s What the NY Times Was Saying About Evolution in 1980
Sharing with students this type of mainstream scientific criticism of Darwinian theory is precisely the kind of speech that academic freedom laws seek to protect.