Author: Michael Flannery
A.N. Wilson’s Charles Darwin — A Sense of Déjà Vu
Factual errors aside, the problem is I’ve heard all this before.
What the Piltdown Hoax Tells Us, 104 Years Later
A curious anniversary falls this weekend.
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.
Darwin’s Theory of Evolution — or Patrick Matthew’s?
Journalist Daniel Engber discusses the theory that Charles Darwin engaged in intellectual theft or plagiarism.
Darwin and Wallace Read Malthus Differently, and That Made a Big Difference
When Oswald Spengler read Darwin’s Origin, he thought the conflation of biology and economics reeked of the English factory.