Tag: Darwin
The Natural and the Supernatural: Alfred Russel Wallace and the Nature of Science
The reason scientists do not take seriously the claims of Intelligent Design theorists today is the same reason that scientists did not take seriously Wallace’s speculations about an “overarching intelligence.”
Wallace Would Be an Intelligent Design Advocate — and a Prescient Figure in the History of Science
Wallace emerges from Darwin’s shadow, leaving Darwinian “explanations” looking less like progress and more like — to borrow Wendell Berry’s phrase — “leapfrogging into the dark.”
Media Promoting Misinformation about the Santorum Amendment
Probably the most commonly heard untruth holds that the Santorum Amendment pushed or encouraged the teaching of intelligent design.
More Darwinian Degradation: Much Ado about Yeast
The authors of a recent paper discuss their results in terms of the origin of multicellularity on earth.
Knock-Knock. Who’s There? Carcharhinus tilstoni/C. limbatus Hybrid
An email correspondent of ours isn’t showing enough respect for hybrid black-tip sharks as a meaningful illustration of “evolution” in action.