Tag: Darwin
“No Designer Worth His Salt”? At the University of Chicago, Gregory Radick Critiques the Theology of Darwinism
It is more than a passing irony that the very book — the Origin of Species — widely supposed to have eliminated “the supernatural” from biology, in fact keeps theology and the supernatural alive by employing theological assumptions in its key arguments.
Jerry Coyne Hasn’t Understood a Word David Berlinski Said
David’s insults no doubt leave a mark. But an elegant one.
The Finely Tuned Genetic Code
Francis Crick regarded the genetic code found in nature as a “frozen accident.” Yet more and more it is looking to be the case that this code is exquisitely finely tuned.
Why Phillip Johnson Matters: A Biography
ID critics quickly learned that the most effective way to target ID was not to address its arguments, but to make accusations of secret, sinister motives among proponents.
“Play the Man, Master Ridley”
Today’s scientific outcast may be tomorrow’s Nobel Prize winner (not that the Nobel is perfect, either).