Author: Neil Thomas
The Stars Above Us
What Lucretius once termed in the widest sense “the nature of things” is no respecter of modern scientific conventions.
Fables of Evolutionary Psychology (aka Sociobiology)
Evolutionary psychologists are prone to make up just-so stories which are then passed off as being entirely veridical.
Darwin’s Many Doubts
Did the admirably candid Charles Darwin himself really believe all that he wrote about evolution?
Darwin on Trial (Again)
My attempt to disentangle this “case” forensically was to lead me on what was often a surprising journey of discovery.
How I Came to Take Leave of Darwin
I had once assumed that any opposition to Darwin must necessarily be confined to the ranks of such as Biblical fundamentalists.