Month: August 2016
Tom Wolfe on Language and Evolution
I think that Noam Chomsky is fundamentally right, and I am skeptical of Daniel Everett’s claim.
How Curiosity Overcomes the Yuck Factor: A Positive Take on Negative Reviews
A colleague of mine — a former Darwinist who now sees life as designed — told me how he came to change his view several years ago.
How a Dry Seed Can Live a Thousand Years
Preparation for seed desiccation involves numerous cell processes, gene regulatory networks, and molecular machines.
University of Chicago President Decries “Efforts to Suppress Discussion of Charles Darwin’s Work”
Someone finally decided to stand up and defend freedom of speech as a defining principle of education.
In The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe Tells the Story of Evolution’s Epic Tumble
Darwinian evolution explains biological trivia but stumbles when it comes to the major innovations in the long history of life.