Month: May 2016
One Long Argument — Responding to VJ Torley on Human-Ape Common Descent
At Uncommon Descent, Torley has analyzed my criticism of S. Joshua Swamidass’s recent article, “Evidence and Evolution.”
Smelling Design
Biological systems solve an interesting optimization challenge that’s right up your nostrils.
Debating Weikart, Peter Singer and Susan Blackmore Omit Atheism’s Glaring Contradictions
I find troubling Singer’s barometer of human worth — tied to self-awareness — leading as it does to dangerous nonsense.
In a Debate with Peter Singer, Richard Weikart Drills Down to the Bottom of Atheist Ethics
Just when you are thinking regretfully about how our critics flee from a fair fight on relevant issues, along comes bioethicist Dr. Singer.
Richard Lenski and Citrate Hype — Now Deflated
For more than 25 years, Lenski’s lab has grown a dozen lines of the bacterium E. coli in small culture flasks.