Category: Science
To Create Cambrian Animals, Whack the Earth from Space
It’s surely not a coincidence that this season in science-journal publishing we’ve seen a variety of attempts to solve the enigma that Stephen Meyer describes in his new book, Darwin’s Doubt.
Citation Counts Are Challenged as Metric of Scientific Merit
An otherwise scientifically sound paper might not be cited for reasons that are political, not scientific. In the intelligent-design movement, we’ve seen this many times.
Where the Denial Really Lies
In 2011, Dr. Alvin Plantinga, the foremost living Christian philosopher, released his book Where the Conflict Really Lies.
PZ Myers, the Stereotypical Angry Atheist, Has Written a Book, The Happy Atheist
After decades of cultural blunders, atheists are increasingly aware of the need to improve public relations.
Does Darwin’s Doubt Commit the God-of-the-Gaps Fallacy?
According to Charles Marshall, I argue “that paleontologists are unable to explain the Cambrian explosion, thus opening the door to the possibility of a designer’s intervention.”