Category: Culture
Louisiana Preserves Science Education Act That Encourages Academic Freedom to Discuss Criticisms of Darwinism
The Louisiana State Senate Education Committee decisively rejected a proposed repeal of the Louisiana Science Education Act (LSEA), which encourages academic freedom for teachers to cover divergent scientific views on issues such as Darwinian evolution.
New York Times Article Refutes Conspiracy Theories About Why Synthese Opposed the Disrespectful Methods of Intelligent Design Critics
Where conspiracy theories come from . . . and the reality that’s not so hard to believe.
Karl Giberson and Francis Collins Commit Berra’s Blunder While Arguing for Macroevolution
Presto chango–evolution sounds so easy! But according to Darwin, evolution requires more than just “enough generations.” Darwin acknowledged that evolution also requires a continuous evolutionary pathway.
Catholics and Intelligent Design, Part Five
Jay Richards tackles the claim that ID arguments fall within the jurisdiction of natural science, and how that claim relates to common Catholic ways of demarcating science and philosophy.
Karl Giberson Has a Problem With Bill Dembski’s “View of Science”
. . . though you have to wade through a few pages on young-earth creationism, global warming, and the “humiliating” rejection of consensus science by the evangelical community (also noted in his subheading for being “intellectually impoverished).