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Vladimir Nabokov, Lepidopterist and Darwin-doubter, Has Expertise Vindicated
Novelist and lepidopterist Vladimir Nabokov had “furious” Darwin-doubts. How delightful that his insight and expertise have now been impressively demonstrated, as the New York Times reports.
“But Tantalus, are you saying there are individuals who have more humanity than others?!”
Tantalus Prime and I have had a discussion about the moral status of abortion and the scientific status of the human embryo (shorthand for human zygote/embryo/fetus).
Thomism Plus Darwinism Is Not Thomism
Indeed, one could argue that Thomism + Darwinism = 0, given how completely the core propositions of the Darwinian worldview stand in opposition to classical Thomism.
Protest David Coppedge’s Persecution, Direct to NASA!
Get ready now to call (preferably) or at least email Charles Bolden, NASA’s administrator, to express your outrage at the fact that Coppedge was fired this week. Here’s that contact information: phone: 202-358-1010; email: charles.bolden@nasa.gov.
A Fishy Story About AntiFreeze Gene Evolution
A new paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences claims to explain the origin of an antifreeze protein in an Antarctic fish. Though touted by Darwinian activists (note: I’m talking about Richard B. Hoppe, NOT the authors of the paper), this paper presents little more than a just-so story that shows no interest in testing the plausibility of the complex mutational account it gives. The Darwinian blogosphere is excited about a new study which purports to explain the evolutionary origins of an antifreeze gene in an Antarctic fish, the Antarctic eelpout. Actually, this isn’t an entirely new story — claims of explaining the genetic evolution of antifreeze proteins have been made for years. Last year I reported another Read More ›