Month: November 2016
Specter of Intelligent Design Emerges at the Royal Society Meeting
Visibly agitated scientists clash. “Not God — we’re excluding God,” says one speaker.
Day 2 at the Royal Society: A “Knee-Jerk” Jab at Intelligent Design, Applause for “Marginalized Ideas”
We could do without the applause. But how about letting advocates of “marginalized ideas” speak?
More Reports from Confidential Informants at the Royal Society
ID sympathizers at the meeting “wonder whether we should all have some kind of signal…rub the left nostril twice perhaps?”
Elephant in the Room: Douglas Axe Reports from the Royal Society
“Bigger issue…is that none of these additions enable the theory to explain how genuinely new things originate.”
No Evolution Controversy? At Royal Society Meeting, a Warning Against Cheers and Boos
As our international friends may be aware, the U.S. holds a somewhat contentious presidential election today.