Category: Evolution
Science and Its Limitations
Science is worthy of some measure of public respect, but only to the extent that science acts like science, and not like something else.
More Missing Links — of Darwin, Eugenics and Hitler
Yale Alumni Magazine has done the world a favor by exposing one of the skeletons in the closet of that and other universities: the eugenics movement.
Major Discovery: Evolutionary Psychology Confirms that Many Men Are Cads
When the age-blighted bricks that hold up House Darwin start to topple, it may look a bit like what’s happening now to the Darwinian sub-specialty of evolutionary psychology.
Understanding Bayesian Analysis, the Evolution Skeptic’s Friend
Many of us recall being asked by our parents, “If everyone were jumping off a bridge, would you do that too?”
In Embryo Development, Non-DNA Information Is at Least as Important as DNA
An example of how a preoccupation with evolutionary theory can divert attention from some of the most interesting aspects of heredity and development.