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The Defenders Darwin Wouldn’t Claim
Darwin, who maintained a consistent but nonetheless cordial disagreement with Wallace for more than a decade, would have been ashamed of this kind of “support.”
Tennessee Academic Freedom Bill Backed by Scientists
Tennessee House Bill 368 will move to a vote by the House General Subcommittee of Education after expert testimony from scientists and educators who expressed their concern that students need to learn more about science and develop critical thinking skills.
Coppedge Lawsuit Against NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab Amended to Allege Wrongful Termination
In light of his being fired in January, David Coppedge’s discrimination lawsuit against Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has been amended to allege wrongful termination.
Behe’s Critics’ Scaffolding Falls Down
Only a die-hard ID-critic would find it “absurd” to actually test neo-Darwinian explanations on a mathematical level.
Michael Behe’s Critics Misunderstand Irreducible Complexity and Make Darwinian Evolution Unfalsifiable
It seems that Boudry, Blancke and Braekman misunderstand both Behe’s argument and the nature of the scientific process: the fact that a theory (in this case, Darwinism) can be saved from refutation by proposing wildly speculative and unfalsifiable scenarios does not mean that theory holds merit.