Category: Evolution
National Academy of Sciences Admits “Thinking Evolutionarily” Means Accepting “Fundamental Randomness”
The NAS has gone fundamentally off-message. It will be time soon for a new booklet reemphasizing the party line.
The Super-Expansive Category: A Favorite Deceptive Tactic with the Darwin Lobby
Eugenie Scott, unlike some of the other braying or reptilian professional Darwin defenders, stands out for her pleasing manner.
The Useless Appendix and Other Darwinian Myths
Angel: “What about this weird bag thing?” God: “That’s the appendix.” Angel: “What does it do?” God: “It explodes.”
The Next Step in Cat Evolution
We’re wondering when this will turn up on Jerry Coyne’s Why Evolution Is True blog, which features many photos of cute kitties in place of arguments that evolution is true.
“Bad Textbooks”: Not Because of Texas, but Despite Texas
In The New York Review of Books, Gail Collins has a piece titled “How Texas Inflicts Bad Textbooks on Us.”