Category: Evolution
Complexity by Subtraction Was Weird Enough; Now, Complexity by Harmful Mutations
A new paper casts evolution as kind of a trampoline: organisms can bounce higher by jumping off the fitness peak.
Science with a Sneer: A New Model for Scientific Papers?
A recent paper published in PLOS ONE purports to have established Darwinian evolution and common ancestry beyond all questioning.
Won’t Someone Please Teach Hank Campbell How to Read?
Mr. Campbell of Science 2.0 has been nursing a grudge against Wesley Smith — why, I do not know.
Natural Selection Is Empty
Jerry Fodor and Massimo Piatelli-Palmarini’s book�What Darwin Got Wrong�was published in 2010. Having read it now, perhaps belatedly, I can report that it is a masterpiece.
When It Comes to Science, Hank Campbell Says, “Down with Definitions!”
The gist of Campell’s new article is that it’s a diagnostic sign that you are seeking to "undermine science" if you insist, in scientific controversies, that definitions matter. What a funny idea!