Author: Paul Nelson
Coyne Disses Shapiro, but Shapiro Inspires Koonin — and Natural Selection Is the Main Issue
Although their offices are located only one block apart on the University of Chicago campus, the biological perspectives of Jerry Coyne and Jim Shapiro might as well be located in different galaxies.
Naturalism Under the Microscope
Methodological naturalism — the philosophical doctrine that scientific explanations must refer only to natural causes — is the central and most controversial concept in all discussions of evolution, creationism, and intelligent design.
Listening to Butterflies
The metamorphosis of butterflies represents “the magic of reality,” in Richard Dawkins’s wonderful phrase, where actual, not made-up or fictional, biology is so astonishing that its power to move us never goes away.
Jonathan and Paul’s Excellent Adventure at the Society for Developmental Biology Annual Meeting
The one in which Jonathan Wells and Paul Nelson meet with friendly, open-ended questions, curiosity, and meaningful exchanges.
PZ Myers, the Baldwin Effect, “Wolpert abuse,” and Quote-Mining
If you accuse someone of quote-mining, you actually have to read the source that supposedly was mined, to understand the context.