Category: Evolution
No Harm, No Foul — What If Darwinism Were Excised from Biology?
Considering several recent papers shows that eliminating evolutionary words and concepts simplifies and improves scientific explanations.
Berlinski, Robinson on the “Almost Unfathomable Complexity” of Living Systems, and More
The two also discuss discontinuities in the fossil record as well as Berlinski’s insistence that “any theory of natural selection must plainly meet what I have called a rule against deferred success.”
Michael Egnor on Scientific Consensus and Apocalypse Now
When someone tells you to believe something simply because it’s “the scientific consensus,” reserve judgment. Consensus, says Egnor, is “a political concept, not a scientific one.”
Q&A with Michael Behe: What’s Wrong with Theistic Evolution?
Why doesn’t Professor Behe go along with famed Evangelical Christian scientist Francis Collins, and others?
Q&A with Michael Behe: Why Don’t More Scientists Embrace Intelligent Design?
It sounds like an excellent challenge. Behe has three answers, starting from the observation that scientists are only humans, after all.