Category: Evolution
Jerry Coyne Thinks No One Has Free Will, Except Nazis and Irishmen
This should help put things in context the next time Coyne claims that there’s "lots" of evidence for Darwin’s theory.
For Telling the Truth About Alfred Russel Wallace, Historian Michael Flannery Is Slandered as a "Denialist"
George Beccaloni, Flannery’s prominent antagonist in the battle over Wallace’s legacy, prefers to “ignore” Wallace’s turn toward proto-intelligent design.
A Lapse in Watchfulness: New York Times Admits Neo-Darwinism Faces a “Paradigm Shift” Over “Failure” to Explain Body Plans
A colleague has pointed out to me a 2007 article in the Times that I hadn’t previously seen. The author is Smithsonian paleobiologist Douglas H. Erwin.
Current Biology Paper’s Assumptions and Methodology Dramatically Underestimate “Rates of Change” in the Cambrian Explosion
While Stephen Meyer pointed out this paper’s most fundamental flaw, there are many other deficiencies. I focus on nine total in this article.
Intelligent Designs in Nature Make Engineers Envious
Here are a few of scientists’ latest attempts to copy nature’s designs. They wouldn’t try so hard if the designs weren’t intelligent.