Category: Evolution
George Will on the Sociology of Science
“Are scientists a cohort without a sociology — uniquely homogenous and unanimous, without factions or interests and impervious to peer pressures or the agendas of funding agencies?”
Can’t Live Without ‘Em: The Logic and Implications of “Essential” Genes
The question of what parts in any complex system are essential for its key functions, or indeed its very existence, is one of the most interesting puzzles in engineering and biology.
Meyer and Nelson on a Failed Explanation for the Origin of the Genetic Code
Is this the end of ID, as some commentators have suggested? Can the genetic code be constructed by virtue of undirected stereochemistry?
Series of Costly Case Settlements Warns Darwin’s Bullies: Stop Censoring Intellectual Freedom
“The going penalty for viewpoint discrimination against ID is about $100,000, though successfully defending freedom of ID expression is priceless.”
First Amendment Victory in California
Free speech to most of the establishment means free speech for unpopular liberal causes.